Latest articles from Steve Bee

When is halfway not halfway? Measuring the AE journey

Talking head: Pensions commentator Steve Bee looks at the engagement challenges faced by smaller employers in light of the shift to a more individualist pensions regime.

Shoot for the stars: Why after AE staging, contributions need to rise

Talking head: Pensions commentator Steve Bee compares the current statutory minimum of 8 per cent of pensionable pay to the 17.5 per cent that was calculated in the 1950s as necessary to provide a defined benefit-like income.

The break between state and private pensions is complete

Talking head: Jargonfree Benefits' Steve Bee explains why the most recent round of reforms to the UK's pensions system is a pivotal step on a momentous journey.

Bee: Why I was pleased and horrified by the Budget changes

Talking head: Steve Bee argues the pensions changes announced in the Budget, while welcome, prove the pensions system is "very fragile", while collective pensions make it even more complex for ordinary people.

Why high SME opt-out concerns are groundless

Talking head: Steve Bee seeks to dispel concerns that a much higher proportion of auto-enrolled workers at smaller employers will reject their new benefit and so undermine workplace pensions reform.

Why auto-enrolment is only half the job

Talking head: Regular columnist Steve Bee takes stock of seven years of reform and the work needed to avoid a flawed pensions system.

Pensions conversations: Happy Christmas

Pensions conversations

No defined benefit, no early retirement, Noël...

Pensions conversations: No escape

Pensions conversations

A jaunt overseas brings the Pensions Guru to the realisation that the farther he goes, the more things stay the same...

Pensions conversations: Merger mania

Pensions conversations

A walk in the snow finds the Pensions Guru pondering a taxing question...

Pensions conversations: Frozen out

Pensions conversations

From his vantage point halfway up the Eiffel Tower, the Pensions Guru casts his eye over the fate of UK pensions around the world...