TPR

A number of smaller employers are planning to avoid auto-enrolment (AE) compliance citing the legislation as "designed solely to allow the government to steal more money".

With pension liberation on the rise, pension experts have called for tougher requirements from regulators. Fiona Murphy asks what they would like to see

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

A City of London call centre at the heart of a pension liberation operation has been raided by police and several people have been arrested.

Representatives for the Treasury and The Pensions Regulator have cast doubts on the suitability of a single workplace pension scheme regulator.

The fight against pension liberation scams would be easier if The Pensions Regulator (TPR) had more power to act against offending firms, its chairman Michael O'Higgins has said.

JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) has suspended consultancy charging on corporate schemes until the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) completes its investigation of the practice.

The pensions industry needs a single regulator or gaps in scheme governance will harm savers, MPs have said.

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a warning to consumers vulnerable to "unscrupulous" firms offering to help them access their pension savings early.

The role of advisers must be a key focus for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) market study into the workplace defined contribution (DC) pension market, according to Aegon.