Regulation

The Labour Party is understood to have ditched plans to reintroduce the lifetime allowance (LTA) on pensions. This earlier pledge will not appear in the party’s election manifesto, according to report in...

The Pensions Scams Industry Group (PSIG) has launched an industry-wide consultation to determine the future of the organisation.  It is seeking views from trustees, advisers, administrators, and those working across the pensions...

Corporate Adviser · Episode 4: Opponents To Pot For Life Lifetime Provider Many in the pension world have questioned the urgency of reform of small pots and most definitely there are misgivings...

Learning from the pension systems of other countries makes sense.  But we cannot always ‘cut and paste’ policies between countries which may have a totally different pensions history, different labour market conditions,...

The Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT) has slammed the regulator’s plan to introduce a statement of strategy (SoS) criticising its “onerous data requirements” which it says are unlikely to benefit members. ...

The Pensions Regulator has appointed three executive director to head up its new regulatory divisions following its restructuring.  All three are internal appointments with the roles held on an interim basis, while...

The Department of Work and Pensions has published a revised timetable of staging dates for connections to the pensions dashboard.  The largest schemes, which includes master trusts with 20,000 or more members...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to the CEOs of advisory firms warning that it is concerned about the standard of retirement advice being given across the industry.  This letter asks...

Government plans to close under-performing schemes could backfire and lead to poorer returns for everyone, according to some industry professionals. While many said action needs to be taken against poor value schemes, there...

A number of DC pension schemes have been wound-up after failing to satisfy the regulators new ‘value for member’ assessments. The Pensions Regulator has already fined one corporate trustee for failing to...