A convicted criminal accountant who defrauded a pension scheme of £292,000 has been ordered to repay the money.

MPs have urged the Pensions Regulator to help employees who do opt-out due to financial difficulties during the pandemic to re-enrol than would happen normally under auto-enrolment.

The Pensions Regulator has so far issued 115,459 auto-enrolment fixed penalty notices since the start of the workplace pension scheme in 2012.

The Pensions Regulator has warned savers looking to transfer their pension pot during the Covid-19 outbreak that the move is “unlikely” to be in their best long term interests.

The director of a company acting as a trustee for 16 pension schemes has received a £10,000 court fine for failing to hand information to The Pensions Regulator.

The Pensions Regulator is set to shake up selected rules covering pension trustees to improve protection for pensions savers, it announced today.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s pension scheme has apologised after being hit with a £2,000 fine from The Pensions Regulator over governance shortcomings.

HSBC Master Trust has become the first new master trust to be authorised by The Pensions Regulator which has so far focused on authorising existing schemes.