Auto-enrolment

Four out of 10 people buying drawdown or other decumulation pension products last year did so without seeking financial advice, according to analysis of FCA data. This is the highest proportion of...

It is extraordinarily rare that you get government intervention in financial services that is widely heralded as a good thing. Help to Buy: great for developers, expensive for first time buyers. Pension...

The rate of workers who opted out of saving in the financial year 2021 to 2022 dropped during the lockdown. The overall rate of "stopping saving" increased in the fiscal year 2021–2022,...

The outgoing FCA chairman Charles Randell recently alluded to policymakers’ failure to protect individuals from the risks inherent in pension freedoms, and the lack of policy coordination within the Treasury, in one...

Darren Philp is leaving Smart Pension to set up his own policy, public relations and public affairs company.  Philp joined Smart Pension four years ago initially as head of policy before becoming...

Minimum auto-enrolment contributions should rise to 12 per cent over the next decade, with  access to these workplace pensions being widened, according to a new report published today by the Association of...

Despite a huge correction exercise currently being undertaken by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) on historic state pension awards, errors are still being made on new state pension awards according...

Inflation risk is arguably the biggest current challenge for DC pension investment strategy, but analysts say a long-term view is needed when it comes to asset allocation.  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A...

Master trust providers could soon partner with rival firms for the first time to offer new investment opportunities for members — and that could include investments into infrastructure, private equity and other...

Consolidation across the workplace pensions market is not happening at the pace that many anticipated, particularly among larger master trust providers, and that may not be such a bad thing, say advisers....