Regulation
Treasury Committee urges expansion of FCA's powers
Expanding the 'regulatory perimeter'
FCA to implement compulsory investment pathways for non-advised drawdown
Defined contribution (DC) drawdown providers will have to offer non-advised consumers investment pathways from August 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.
'Unfortunately, you can't enforce ethics in regulation' - reactions to FCA measures
Pension transfer proposals
Firms with transfer permissions to submit data to FCA every six months
Consultation paper
FCA aims to bolster pension transfer protections with trio of measures
Retirement Outcomes Review final statement
TPR looking into seven scam investigations posing £55m loss to savers
52 schemes, 38 suspects
Treasury confirms discriminatory rules to be fixed after Supreme Court ruling
Across all public sector schemes
Government will not legislate to equalise widowers' survivor benefits
No further retrospective changes
Government denied leave to appeal £4bn-a-year discrimination ruling
Public service pensions
Adrian Boulding: Intergenerational financial differences move up agenda
Income uncertainties
FCA data 'does not reveal widespread advice issue' - PFS
DB data published last week
FCA confirms second event for British Steel members
Two sessions on 28 June
Pension providers and clients 'left in limbo' after in-specie hearing vacated
Appeal moved to February 2020
Give new mothers' pension pots a £2,000 top-up, says Which?
Joint report with PPI
Steven Levin: FCA's investment pathways are largely on the right track
Beware misplaced confidence
Andrew Tully: Keeping on top of DB regulatory scrutiny
PA360 2019 revisited
FCA launches consultation on intergenerational implications for pensions
Accumulation and decumulation
FCA to urge EU authorities to address PRIIPs failings
EU review to be completed this year
Government will not 'force pace of change' in AE
Guy Opperman has rejected calls to speed up changes to auto-enrolment (AE) despite increasing pressure to boost contribution rates and overall savings pots.
Investment Association weighs retail product labels for SRI funds
Part of raft of proposals to increase visability of SRI to retail investors
ESMA: Fees erode 25% of retail investors' fund returns
Passive equity funds ‘consistently’ outperforming active counterparts
Accounts manager admits to lying to TPR about meeting AE duties
Will be sentenced on 6 February
TPR to prosecute account manager for failing to provide workplace pensions
Accused of submitting false compliance
