All Auto-enrolment articles – Page 25
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NewsRegulation could increase after Brexit, experts say
Brexit could lead to more rather than less pensions regulation, while radical revisions to tax relief might be needed to keep low earners enrolled in the pensions system, according to a panel of policy experts.
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OpinionThe pensions industry risks betraying Generation X
Pensions policy has the unenviable task of providing for the needs of current retirees without unfairly burdening younger generations. Luckily, solutions do exist, writes Colin Wilson of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
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Auto-enrolment passes 1m employers
More than 1m employers have now enrolled their staff into a workplace pension, according to figures compiled by the Pensions Regulator.
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Bus firm and boss to pay £60k for failing to offer staff pension
A bus company and its managing director have admitted to trying to deliberately avoid giving their employees workplace pensions, and now must pay more than £60,000.
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Govt ignores self-employed pensions in gig economy crack-down
The government is seeking to address concerns over working conditions in the so-called 'gig economy' by giving workers more protections and greater clarity around their rights, but has failed to address the issue of pension saving among the self-employed, according to industry commentators.
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UK assets up but savers still look to bricks and mortar
UK occupational pension assets grew 16.9 per cent over 2017 to cement Britain’s position as the second-largest market in the world, but concerning trends in saver attitudes suggest market returns may be masking fundamental problems.
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OpinionThe year ahead for the Pensions Regulator
Lesley Titcomb sets out the Pensions Regulator’s priorities for 2018.
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DWP publishes four-year plan
The Department for Work and Pensions has has ruled out ditching the triple lock and has pledged to continue providing means-tested pension credit, as it set out its objectives for the next four years.
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Four priorities for McVey's DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions got its fifth boss in less than two years on Monday evening, with Theresa May’s Cabinet reshuffle replacing David Gauke with Esther McVey as secretary of state responsible for the department.
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OpinionIt is time to introduce a flat rate of tax relief
Imagine shopping in the January sales, where items are discounted but you are not told which ones or by how much. Would you not buy more if you could see the discounts from which you were benefitting?
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Freedoms still have industry in their grip: Top DC stories from 2017
Year in review: The sea change policy of freedom and choice brought in more than two years ago continues to dominate in the defined contribution world.
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OpinionThe death of DB is yet to be felt
The full impact of the decline of defined benefit schemes will hit many people hard, warns the Society of Pension Professionals’ Hugh Nolan.
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TPR gets stronger, the government weaker: Top 5 law and regulation stories from 2017
Year in review: If the UK government’s all-consuming struggle to strike a beneficial Brexit deal can bring any relief to pensions professionals, it is that departments have not had time for the pensions tinkering so despised by the industry.
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OpinionAE review should silence doom-mongers
Standard Life’s Jamie Jenkins, a chair of the external advisory group of the automatic enrolment review 2017, says its package of proposed reforms will make meaningful changes to the savings landscape, while allowing time to monitor the success of contribution uplifts.
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AE review: Welcome reforms not due until mid-2020s
The government will introduce a package of measures to address issues with auto-enrolment, but questions remain over multiple jobholders and the self-employed, while the timescale has drawn criticism.
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DC Debate Q4: Mastertrusts, AE and more
Six defined contribution specialists talk mastertrusts, compulsion, and what lessons can be learnt from DC systems around the world.
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OpinionAdd s67 rethink to the Christmas wishlist
An end to the negativity surrounding pensions may be a stretch too far, but SPP president Hugh Nolan hopes for a pleasant surprise from markets and an open mind on changing benefit structures for Christmas.
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OpinionLessons from abroad for averting a pensions crisis
From the blog: The idyllic view of retirees relaxing in comfortable surroundings at home or on holiday with apparently little financial worry is one often portrayed; but it is increasingly becoming an aspiration impossible to realise for the majority of people.
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OpinionCan we afford for members not to be engaged?
From the blog: Steve Webb recently argued that changing how people make choices is the “one thing” that has reversed the fall in membership of workplace pensions.
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NewsWorker status at centre of draft bill on gig economy
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee have published a draft bill and a report on workers’ rights and the gig economy.