Auto-enrolment

Men are far more confident about their retirement plans than women according to research by Canada Life.  Its research found that almost two thirds (64 per cent) of men who had received...

Let’s say you’re buying ketchup. When the label on the supermarket shelf shows you the ‘price-per-kilo’, alongside the price of each bottle, that’s helpful. The bottles are all different sizes, brands and...

Punter Southall Aspire is spearheading a new campaign to help savers track down lost pension pots.  This industry-wide campaign,  backed by Scottish Widows, Legal and General, Aegon and Standard Life, aims to...

There are concerns that yesterday's announcement of a National Insurance hike could mean delays to proposed improvements to auto-enrolment, impacting the retirement prospects of many younger and lower paid workers. Aegon has...

Almost eight out of 10 married people have no idea what their spouse’s pension is worth according to new research.  This equates to some 15m people. The survey found that almost half...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published the list of asset owners, asset managers and service providers who are signatories to its new tougher stewardship code.  In the list of asset owners...

Pay is the most voted-on issue by DC pension scheme members, with almost three times as many votes cast on the issue a climate, rights or lobbying, according to figures from LGIM...

Many people born between 1965 and 1980 – Generation X (Gen Xers) – want to save more for retirement, but struggle to do so. Nearly one in three Gen Xers consequently risk reaching...

Climate change is now a top priority fo pension providers who are increasingly moving towards low-carbon investments within DC defaults, according to new research. Punter Southall Aspire new DC Default Strategy Survey...

There is an aspect of human nature that that tends to defer long term decision-making in the present, because it can be put off until the future. We are seeing this clearly...