The Consumer Panel has hit out at the regulator for not demanding firms directly contact up to 120,000 people potentially mis-sold in contracting out of the State Second Pension (SERPS/S2P).
The Pensions Regulator has set out its priorities for the next three years in its Corporate Business Plan, which includes working with the government on the implementation of personal accounts.
Apathy about retirement is driving nearly two-thirds of workers to support auto-enrolment into pension schemes, claims new research from B&CE Benefit Schemes.
The Association of IFAs has leapt to the defence of smaller firms after an FSA report found a large portion of them to be failing to implement TCF.
The FSA says it is disappointed in the "sizeable" number of firms that failed to meet its March TCF deadline - and warns it will now intensify its focus on them.
A piece of European legislation is posing a big headache for government and industry in working through the intricacies of pensions reform policy.
Pension campaigners are preparing to take the Department of Work and Pensions to court for a second time over its failure to provide proper compensation for workers who lost their pensions when their occupational schemes wound up.
Trustees have been issued a clearance reminder by the Pensions Regulator over corporate transactions such as leveraged buy-outs, to consider whether the event is 'financially detrimental' to the pension scheme.
The cost of independent advice should not stop trustees from taking appropriate action in reviewing a transaction which could lead to a pension scheme being abandoned, says The Pensions Regulator.
Around 70% of advisers believe clients will have to learn to accept higher levels of risk when planning for retirement, claims Lincoln Financial Group.