Pension schemes and providers will be able to set up their own standards for individual data verification, which could lead to missing information on dashboards if pension funds opt for a risk-averse position.

Podcast: Jo Myerson, trustee director at Ross Trustees, and David Rae, head of strategic client solutions at Russell Investments, discuss the importance of trustees complying with the Competition and Markets Authority’s self-certification rules, as well as insolvencies, superfunds and the fallout from the reform of the retail price index.

The Pensions Ombudsman has rejected an ex-plumber’s appeal against paying £977,000 in Section 75 debt, as an updated trustee board membership tries to address historical issues in the Plumbing & Mechanical Services (UK) Industry Pension Scheme.

The regulator is coming to town. Welcome to Pensions Expert’s roundup of a week that has seen David Fairs promise in a blog post that open schemes will be allowed to be in the catbird seat under the new defined benefit funding code.

On the go: Around one in six companies face the unwelcome prospect of having to include the cost of guaranteed minimum pensions adjustments in their 2020 annual accounts, according to analysis by LCP.

On the go: Alternative approaches to scheme funding and investments could eliminate the UK’s current £190bn defined benefit pension deficit, according to new analysis by PwC.

Welcome to Pensions Expert’s roundup of a week in which we bade farewell to a few of the high street’s better-known names, and the Pension Protection Fund brightened everyone’s mood with its new doomsday scenario.

On the go: Trustees of the G4S pension scheme have been offered a £770m funding package by Canadian security company GardaWorld, the latest development in its attempt at a hostile takeover of the UK outsourcing company.