All The Pensions Regulator (TPR) articles
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NewsHelp shape Value for Money framework, TPR tells trustees
The Pensions Regulator’s director of policy has called on trustees to engage with the ongoing Value for Money framework consultation to “help shape the standards that will define saver outcomes for years to come”.
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OpinionRory Murphy: Should pension funds be more Machiavellian?
Experienced trustee and chair Rory Murphy challenges pension funds to be daring and embrace innovative ideas in order to best serve members’ interests.
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People NewsTPR appoints Pension Investment Review director to exec team
Regulatory expert Richard Knox, who led the Treasury’s work on the Pension Investment Review, is to join the Pensions Regulator’s executive leadership team next month, the watchdog announced today.
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NewsAdmin ‘fundamental’ to pension outcomes as TPR refreshes guidance
The regulator has issued updated guidance for trustees regarding the oversight of administrators, explaining that the function has “never been more important”.
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NewsTPR urges action to support millions of people ‘under-saving’ for retirement
Speaking at the Pensions Expert Annual Conference on 26 November, TPR’s Nausicaa Delfas said the UK’s pensions system was “unfinished business”, with approximately 14.6 million people under-saving for retirement.
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FeaturesOne year until the dashboards deadline: What’s still to do?
There is less than 12 months to go until the 31 October 2026 deadline, when all pension schemes and providers in scope must connect to the pensions dashboards Central Digital Architecture.
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NewsUpdated sole trustee code launched as TPR eyes increased oversight
The Association of Professional Pension Trustees has updated its code for sole trusteeship to include additional guidance on due diligence and measures providers should take to manage conflicts of interest.
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NewsBox Clever members transferred to ITV Pension Scheme to end decade-long saga
Box Clever members have been receiving benefits level with PPF compensation since 2014, but will now see these restored in full and back payments made after members were transferred to the ITV scheme on 1 October.
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People NewsTPR hires for crucial admin and dashboards role
Taylor Brightwell-Smith joined the regulator this week from the Government Actuary’s Department to oversee TPR’s work on administration, pensions dashboards, and cybersecurity.
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NewsMPs to hear evidence from members, trustees, and TPR on pre-97 indexation
Campaigners, trustees, pension professionals and the Pensions Regulator will all give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee in relation to discretionary increases and pre-97 indexation.
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People NewsAppointments: TPR hires lead for commercial master trust oversight
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 17 October 2025.
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NewsThe evolving nature of trusteeship: accreditation, consolidation and AI
With the pensions sector facing up to impending consolidation across the board, the Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) has voiced concern about member representation in larger pension schemes.
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News‘Traffic light’ approach to VfM underperforms in consumer testing
The Financial Conduct Authority proposed a ‘red, amber, green’ ratings system for DC schemes last year. Credit: Wikimedia The ‘red, amber, green’ proposed approach to value for money in defined contribution (DC) pension schemes has performed poorly in a recent behavioural finance exercise commissioned by The People’s ...
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NewsDC schemes should consolidate to support guided retirement aims, TPR says
The Pensions Regulator has once again urged small pension schemes to consolidate to ensure they comply with forthcoming duties related to decumulation contained within the Pension Schemes Bill.
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People NewsAppointments: TPR boss gets non-exec role; board appointments at IA
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 26 September 2025.
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NewsThe pension fund that put its own sponsor into administration
Pensions Expert uncovers the unusual case of Biwater, recently wound up by the court at the request of the trustees of its defined benefit pension scheme in order to access PPF protection for members.
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NewsLawyers call for more guidance on Virgin Media ruling effects
Speakers at an SPP webinar say additional guidance on section 37 cases is needed despite the government’s pledge to mitigate the effects of the Virgin Media ruling through amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill.
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NewsDB Funding Code one year on: Aon flags challenges for trustee boards
Exactly a year after the Pensions Regulator’s Defined Benefit Funding Code came into force, Aon says the “baseline for funding standards has been raised”.
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NewsDon’t delay dashboard connection, regulator urges DB schemes
Schemes that fail to connect to the pensions dashboard system by 31 October next year could face regulatory action, the Pensions Regulator has warned.
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NewsTPR: DB schemes must embrace opportunities of Pension Schemes Bill
Speaking at the Pensions Expert DB Strategic Summit this week, TPR’s David Walmsley urged delegates to embrace the opportunities of reforms currently being developed, including through the Pension Schemes Bill.