Pensions Liberation

Top stories this week include £100,000 stuck in a suspected pension liberation scam, advice on deflation, and a trustee fined over transfer delays. Here's what you might have missed.

Pension Scams. Don't Get Stung. A title and tag-line from the Pension Regulator's latest "Action Pack" to pension funds warning of the dangers of pensions liberation. Martin Jenkins argues that the policy approach taken by the regulator has been disproportionate...

Top stories on the website this week include three decisions from the Pensions Ombudsman on suspected liberation fraud and a review of general election manifestos. Here's what you might have missed.

Robin Ellison says regulators are good at grandstanding but bad at protecting savers

The Pension Liberation Industry Group has published a code of good practice for combating pension scams to help trustees dealing with suspicious transfer requests.

Top stories this week include trustees banned over an £11m scam, criticism of compliance-focused actuaries and plans to let people cash in annuities. Here's what you might have missed.

Up to £5.5bn is being sat on by retirees who have deferred taking their pensions ahead of the changes coming in this April, according to Origo.

One of the biggest tests for the pensions industry is managing savers' expectations after April according to Pan Trustees managing director Roger Mattingly.

Top stories on PP this week included concerns about master trusts, debate over drawdown, and the defined contribution charge cap. Here's what you might have missed.

Top stories this week include the government dropping mandatory advice for small defined benefit (DB) transfers, hundreds of fines for auto-enrolment non-compliance, and a multimillion pound settlement for Carrington Wire. Here's what you might have missed....