Schemes may want to consider holding off adjusting their spousal benefits, after a tribunal overturned a previous ruling that deemed entitlements should take into account membership pre-dating the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
Consultant-provider collaborations create AE quandary
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February 20, 2014
News analysis: Employers and schemes approaching auto-enrolment face a unique governance challenge as consultants and providers club together to provide off-the-shelf products, with industry commentators raising questions on independence and cost.
RSPB sees 17.5% opt-out in 'mixed' AE response
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February 17, 2014
The bird protection charity RSPB has revealed a 17.5 per cent opt-out rate since auto-enrolment in November, as smaller organisations start to push up the proportion of workers declining workplace saving.
Findel uses auto-enrolment to chisel down costs
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January 13, 2014
Home retail and educational materials supplier Findel has overhauled its existing pension offering to generate savings that will help shoulder the costs of auto-enrolment.
Two-thirds of employers uneasy over pot-follows-member
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December 11, 2013
News analysis: Around two-thirds of businesses are concerned at the complexity of the automatic transfer regime, while 70 per cent of managers are worried about the broader challenges of auto-enrolment compliance, a survey has found.
Micro scheme membership slumps as market consolidates
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December 9, 2013
Data analysis: The total membership of small schemes with between two and 11 members has fallen by two-thirds over recent years as the market consolidates and auto-enrolment beds in.
Are smaller charities heading for a fall over AE implementation?
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December 3, 2013
This week's In Depth examines a report highlighting smaller charities' overconfidence in implementing auto-enrolment.
Mid-sized charities heading towards 'poor' value AE
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November 25, 2013
News analysis: More than half of small and medium-sized charities yet to auto-enrol have schemes with annual management charges greater than 0.5 per cent and face enrolling into “poor value” schemes, according to a report.
Ineos reviews pension structure after Grangemouth dispute
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November 19, 2013
Ineos has put its pension funds under consultation until mid-December to dampen the impact on its balance sheet, as part of an agreement to keep the Grangemouth plant running.
Housing group shoots for double contributions in scheme revamp
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November 13, 2013
Shepherds Bush Housing Group is to make its defined contribution scheme the "centrepiece" of its staff benefits provision by mirroring the contributions standards set out by the Pension Quality Mark.