All Auto-enrolment articles – Page 33
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Opinion
The great auto-enrolment review is in train
From the blog: The Public Accounts Committee has launched an inquiry into the risks associated with registering smaller employers for auto-enrolment and how this translates into higher retirement incomes for members.
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OpinionNext-gen auto-enrolment support for smaller employers
As nearly 2m smaller employers reach their auto-enrolment staging dates, Smart Pension’s Griselda Williams asks what is being done to support them?
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OpinionShadow pensions minister: Building awareness v expensive publicity
From the blog: Since I became shadow pensions minister the three major issues on my desk every week are the pension freedoms, auto-enrolment and the new single-tier state pension.
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Opinion
Altmann: Government needs your help to revise charging model
Talking Head: Pensions minister Ros Altmann requests the pensions industry’s help to transition away from schemes with member-borne charges.
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News
Could regulator findings spell the end of lay trustees?
Schemes with only professional trustees are better run, research from the Pensions Regulator has today suggested, but experts have said schemes should not overlook the value of their non-professional counterparts.
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News
UK plc: Engagement is key to get more DC bang for employer buck
Data Analysis: Employee engagement with pension schemes is topping the agenda for businesses, with many saying the freedom and choice reforms have improved schemes' ability to generate good retirement incomes.
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OpinionWhy auto-enrolment must be our #1 priority
Talking Head: The PLSA’s Graham Vidler on why the latest tranche of employers need full support in order to ensure the success of the initiative.
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OpinionMonstrous waste or gargantuan success?
Editorial: Nothing says workplace pensions like an oversized, multicoloured, Furby-type thing. I am, of course, talking about the mascot featured in the government’s latest advertising campaign on auto-enrolment.
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OpinionPension Wise weakness flags need for employers to step up
From the blog: The Work and Pensions Committee has rightly criticised Pension Wise this week for providing a service that is too impersonal and limited in scope.
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OpinionWhat we can learn from the first three years of AE
From the blog: Auto-enrolment was always going to be something of a movable feast since the scheme began three years ago.
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OpinionA real crowd PLSA
Editorial: The NAPF annual conference is the pinnacle of pensions jollies and the event this week had an added buzz in the air. While the industry still faces some uncertain times, it was enjoying what seemed to be a greater sense of stability in its own identity compared with this time last year.
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NewsWarburtons spells out the ABC of pension freedoms
There has been a spike of interest in pensions since new freedoms were introduced six months ago, but some corners of the industry are struggling to communicate the choices available.
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NewsNew name, new game for UK pension fund association
NAPF 2015: The National Association of Pension Funds used its annual conference to unveil a rebrand aimed at staying compatible with the radical shifts underway in the UK pensions landscape.
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News
Whitbread: Learn from AE to save freedom and choice
NAPF 2015: The pensions industry must focus on simplification and consumer focus to ensure the success of freedom and choice, according to the chief executive of Costa Coffee owner Whitbread.
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Features
Actuaries up the ante on auto-enrolment contribution levels
News Analysis: The government should continue to phase up minimum auto-enrolment contributions beyond 2018 to hit an aggregate 16 per cent, actuaries have said, as part of a longer-term roadmap to build on the policy’s success.
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OpinionCould you help your higher earners save more tax-efficiently?
Tax breaks on pension contributions are on shaky ground. Liam Mayne from Aon Hewitt asks whether employers should offer high earners an unregistered pension alternative.
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News
VWV boosts membership 13% through DC and savings platform
Law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards increased both staff contributions and active membership of its pension fund after a scheme overhaul allowed members to view their Isas and investments alongside their pensions.
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Opinion
Webb: Why widening the AE net risks its delicate consensus
From the blog: There is currently a logical fallacy in the pensions world that runs like this: First, pensions are a Good Thing. Second, millions of people are excluded from auto-enrolment.
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News
Advisers flock to Nest but micro employers slow to arrive
Mastertrust Nest has experienced increased take-up of its professional services online hub in the run-up to the biggest waves of auto-enrolment stagers next year, but micro employers’ preparations are still lagging behind expectations.
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OpinionMany happy returns
Editorial: Happy birthday China. The people’s republic is 66 this week. It is celebrating with a suitably extravagant garland of floral sculptures including trains, rockets, castles, satellites and even skiers – a nod to the country being awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics.