Pensions Ombudsman

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has rejected a complaint of maladministration against Prudential after it granted a transfer request into a suspicious pension scheme.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has dismissed a complaint against Royal London over its decision to turn down a transfer request into a suspected pension liberation scheme.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has experienced a 240% increase in the number of new investigations opened in relation to suspected pension liberation.

New Pensions Ombudsman (PO) Anthony Arter has introduced a minimum compensation level of £500 for "inconvenience" or "distress" caused by maladministration.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ruled that a pensioner in the Civil Service Pension Scheme be refunded for repayments he made to the scheme after an overpayment error.

The Insolvency Service has made a successful application to the High Court to place two trustee firms linked to pensions scams into provisional liquidation

Employers can take comfort

The High Court has dismissed an appeal brought against the BBC after it limited the amount of pensionable pay on salary increases.

The High Court has dismissed an appeal brought against the BBC after it limited the amount of pensionable pay on salary increases to 1% per year in a bid to plugs its scheme deficit.

A pension saver who transferred combined pots of £100,708 into a suspicious scheme has been unsuccessful in unlocking his funds.