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Blue chips rush to offload DC pension plans to master trusts
More and more blue-chip employers are looking to transfer their defined contribution pension plans to the new breed of master trusts. The Vodafone UK DC Pension Plan is the latest to move all members’ accounts, amounting to £1.4bn, into LifeSight. The transaction is expected to be finalised by the end of March 2020.
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Pot-follows-member agreements: Feasible or fantasy?
Now Pensions wants to agree bilateral deals with other master trusts to consolidate small pots resulting from auto-enrolment, but experts say some hurdles remain.
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OECD: One in three workers risks falling through the pension cracks
Pensions provision has not caught up with the 21st century phenomenon of the non-standard worker, as this type of employment now accounts for one in three jobs in OECD countries, a new report has revealed.
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OpinionDelayed dashboard the answer to UK’s small pots problem
The government risks the UK’s existing problem with small pension pots worsening if it does not produce a feasibility report on the pensions dashboard soon, writes Aegon’s Kate Smith.
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Opperman's consumer choice AE meeting draws ire of industry
Workplace pension providers and advisers have expressed fury at reports that minister for pensions and financial inclusion Guy Opperman will attend a meeting to discuss letting members choose their auto-enrolment provider.
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OpinionSecurity and accuracy: the pillars of dashboard success
From the blog: The government has called on the industry to develop a pensions dashboard before the end of 2019.
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Dormant pots could cost £1bn in admin charges, research finds
Auto-enrolment is set to create 50m dormant pension pots by 2050, which may cost savers up to £1bn in administration charges, according to Hargreaves Lansdown research.
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Opinion
Lord Stoneham: Flat rate tax relief will help 'people in the middle'
For the latest instalment of our 2017 general election interview series, Lord Stoneham, the Liberal Democrat chief whip in the House of Lords, explains his party's commitment to reviewing pensions taxation, and the need for consolidation of schemes and of pots.
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How to make the dashboard work
Barely a week seems to go by without a new report on pensions dashboards, but what are the implications for pension schemes of the chancellor’s commitment to have a dashboard in place by 2019?
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More detail emerges on pensions dashboard
The working group charged with devising a pensions dashboard – a single destination where consumers will be able to view all their retirement savings pots – has released its view of what it should look like.
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Larger mastertrusts welcome imminent regulation
Providers have welcomed plans to increase regulation of mastertrusts, as the government reveals it intends to bring in legislation for the arrangements “as soon as practically possible”.
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A draft report from the European Parliament committee on economic and monetary affairs has threatened the possibility of pot-follows-member legislation being introduced, lawyers have warned.
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Opinion
Pot-follows-member: how it could work
Aries’ Ian Neale gives a snapshot of where the small-pot consolidation project currently stands and points to where there could be further changes.
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Webb calls for pensions dashboard within two years
Pensions minister Steve Webb last week called on the next government to implement a combined state and private pension statement within the next two years that also incorporates aspects of pot-follows-member.
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Webb: Why a soft launch is right for automatic transfers
It is sometimes claimed that all the necessary legislation to deliver a successful programme of auto-enrolment was passed by the previous government. Under this version of history, all the coalition had to do was sit and watch its success.
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How the staged, opt-in approach to PFM affects your scheme
The government’s plan for a staged, opt-in approach to pensions consolidation has divided the industry, with some calling the proposals pragmatic while others say they weaken a policy that may not survive the general election.
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Webb: pension reform far from over
Thanks to auto-enrolment we are now seeing close to 4m people in the UK saving more or saving for the first time.
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Where do we stand on pot-follows-member after the Budget?
Aon Hewitt’s Geraldine Brassett in this edition of Technical Comment discusses the prospects for the government’s small pension pot consolidation reform following the historic Budget changes, and how the scheme could work.
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Checking the price tag: evaluating the charges obsession
Data analysis: The Budget reforms signal an age of greater plurality in retirement possibilities for members.
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Transfer industry: pot-follows-member transfers can cost just £1
Pension transfer systems have countered concerns raised by industry figures that implementing pot-follows-member could result in high costs, which may be passed onto members.
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