Sarah Smart

The regulator has come in at £1.7m below its full-year budget

Move comes as the FCA faces a Treasury Select Committee intervention on regulatory culture

Former COO takes over from Fraser Smart after his wife’s appointment as TPR chair

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its three-year corporate plan outlining how it will protect savers as the UK recovers from the pandemic.

Sarah Smart has been confirmed as chair of The Pensions Regulator (TPR) from 1 June, taking over permanently from Mark Boyle who stepped down at the end of his term earlier this year.

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

This week’s top stories included the launch of a new sole trustee firm, and the grilling of The Pension Regulator’s interim chair over conflict of interest concerns.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) interim chair Sarah Smart has tried to reassure MPs that no conflict of interest will arise from her husband’s role at the British Airways pension schemes.

Joanna Matthews will succeed Sarah Smart who leaves TPT Retirement Solutions (TPT) trustee board after eight years in the post.