Schemes with foreign parent companies that go bust should find it easier to get into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) under cross-border insolvency reforms from the European Council (EC).
Robin Ellison says regulators are good at grandstanding but bad at protecting savers
The UK will become a pensions transfer ‘haven' for European Union citizens once freedom and choice comes into effect, a top pensions lawyer has said.
Defined contribution schemes have been hit by waves of regulation but what are the costs? Michael Klimes tries to find out
Tax relief on pensions will be further restricted and a future government could consider the nationalisation of NEST and PPF assets, a panel of experts believes.
The Carillion Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Trustee has agreed a longevity swap with Deutsche Bank covering £1bn of liabilities within its five schemes.
Former chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds Robin Ellison has launched a group to help pension funds and investment managers recover their "fair share" of security class actions.
Regulation is pushing trustees into bad investment decisions and causing confrontations with employers, delegates heard.
The tone of industry regulators is "aggressive and confrontational" rather than being collegiate with the industry, a lawyer says.