The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has updated its general guidance for restructuring and insolvency professionals restructuring pension schemes following a number of high profile and problematic restructures. Devi Shah & Lauren Theodoulou of Mayer Brown International review the guidance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a third consultation paper on  implementation of the revised EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) with proposals on conduct, inducement, adviser charging and disclosure of costs 

Two thirds of respondents support plans for a pre-insolvency temporary moratorium as long as it is limited to a three-week period according to responses to the recent Insolvency Service consultation on overhauling the corporate insolvency regime, which are currently under review

Deloitte Consulting has announced a partnership with Apple which will see the firm create a dedicated new Apple practice to help businesses design and implement iPhone and iPad solutions

The UK has moved up in the ratings to seventh place in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest global competitiveness report, but the research body warns of ‘a clear downside risk to the UK economy from leaving the EU, with only limited potential for upside, at least in the short term’

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to consult on a series of measures to reinforce the importance of individual accountability at the most senior level of financial institutions just six months after the implementation of the Senior Managers’ and Certification Regime, with plans to extend the rules to non-executive directors

In the wake of the BHS pensions scandal and with FTSE 100 pension deficits increasing, almost two thirds of company secretaries favour giving The Pensions Regulator (TPR) stronger powers to block takeovers in order to safeguard pensions, in a poll conducted by ICSA: The Governance Institute and recruitment specialist the Core Partnership

National minimum wage (NMW) rates will increase on 1 October by between 3% and 4.7% for workers under the age of 25 and apprentices, and employers need to make sure the new rates are implemented for all hours worked from that date, but there are a number of compliance pitfalls for employers, warns Jackie Hall, tax partner at RSM

The current carbon prices are not reaching the amount needed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, but according to OECD research moderate changes could have a significant impact

Kevin Robinson, dispute resolution partner at law firm Morgan Lewis, examines liability issues for directors when accounting fraud takes place, particularly important in light of government plans to make it a criminal offence for senior executives who fail to prevent financial crimes

While the UK’s economy has rallied after the post-Brexit shock, the Chancellor will have to rethink the country’s economic targets at the Autumn Statement, says Carl Emmerson, deputy director at the Institute of Fiscal Studies

Four in ten accountants are worried that developments in technology and automation will make their jobs obsolete in the future with half planning to set up their own businesses, according to research from CareersinAudit.com