TPR

As the new ABI code of conduct comes into force Stephen Lowe looks at the issues surrounding promoting the open market option.

Bill Galvin, the chief executive of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), has quit.

Awareness of auto-enrolment among intermediaries has improved since 2012, but knowledge gaps still remain among small business advisers, The Pensions Regulator (TPA)has said.

Disgraced former tax boss Andrew Meeson - found guilty of a £5m pensions tax fraud and jailed for 8.5 years - has been linked to two alleged pensions liberation cases.

Small and medium sized employers may attempt to offload auto-enrolment set-up costs onto workers via consultancy charging if they are not properly scrutinised, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned.

Legal & General (L&G) has increased protection against pension liberation outfits after The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and other bodies highlighted the plight of people taken in by such schemes.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is investigating 21 pensions liberation cases, after the amount of money transferred through the scams doubled to £400m last year.

Regulators have joined forces to raise awareness of pension liberation "predators" who target cash-strapped workers promising to release their pension as a loan or lump sum.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its successor bodies may not be able to prioritise pensions standards if regulation were moved to a single body, a top regulator has said.

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