Auto-enrolment

full of dreams and a head full of hope began writing about pensions. The pensions press was abuzz with something called “automatic enrolment”, which was due to start in October 2012 -...

People with disabilities have a pensions that are worth just a third of the average UK person, which is seriously impacting their retirement plans, according to new research. Figures from the Pensions...

Retirees with higher-than-average incomes tend to increase spending levels during their 60s and 70s, according to new analysis of pensioner spending patterns. The detailed research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies found...

Up to 35 million savers now have access to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's  retirement living standards through their pension scheme’s communications. The PLSA has revealed that 124 organisations are using this...

Two-thirds of savers said they were interested in pension savings, but needed more help to save for a comfortable retirement. The research, by digital pension platform Penfold, found potential engagement levels were...

The regulator’s drive to consolidate the DC sector is making progress. Whether that progress is fast enough for the pensions minister will depend on the decisions made by employers, trustees and pension...

SPONSORED CONTENT Our four-step guide to new pension consolidation rules From 31 December 2021, new regulations come into force which require DC schemes to carry out extended value-for money assessments and report back on whether consolidation...

Poor financial wellbeing in the workforce is costing UK business around £6bn in lost revenue each year, according to new research, with employees absent or distracted from their work because of money...

The workplace pension participation rate in the UK has increased as a result of automatic enrolment, rising to 79 per cent in 2021 from 47 per cent in 2012, according to data...

Nearly 72 per cent of UK savers say they have never filled out an expression of wish form, which names beneficiaries in the case of the customer's death while receiving pension payments,...