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.
Pension schemes backed by a weak employer are adopting more aggressive investment strategiesand effectively doubling the risk of collapse, warns Lane Clark & Peacock.
A merger between the UK's newest regulatory bodies for pensions - the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund - has been floated by Paul Thornton, the man appointed to conduct an independent review of pension regulation, says the Financial...
Consultancy firm Towers Perrin is launching a new fast-track trustee training programme to help companies comply with the new regulations for Trustee Knowledge and Understanding.
The Pensions Regulator should not try to take on the role of an economic regulator by looking at the issue of charges in the regulation of defined contribution schemes, warns Standard Life.
The Pensions Regulator has released the latest module in its online trustee training programme, which this time focuses on fund management issues.
A fully revised version of its Code of Guidance has been published by the Independent Pension Trustee Group.
The Pensions Regulator has used its powers for the first time to disqualify a scheme trustee after he added £13.4m to pension transfer values, and increased the pension liabilities of the company by misrepresenting the pension benefits of executive members....
Joint analysis on the risk profile of defined benefit schemes reveals 43% of DB members are still in an open scheme.
Paternoster, one of the newest entrants to the bulk annuity market, has completed its 10th transaction in less than six months of operation.