Auto-enrolment

The income gap for pensioners has almost doubled over the past 10 years, with those in  the richest households seeing their private pension income grow at a far faster rate.  New figures...

Many employees still feel confused about pensions and only just over half think their workplace pension will provide an adequate standard of living in retirement, according to new research. However the Institute...

Figures show 6.3m employees are still without a workplace pension, despite the fact that the proportion of workers saving for retirement has hit an all-time high. Latest figures from the Office of...

Leading auto-enrolment providers are calling for urgent reform of the mechanism for funding regulation of occupational pensions. The Department of Work and Pensions has just announced a 10 per cent increase to...

Janus Henderson Investors has appointed David Whitehair as its new director of institutional business, defined contribution, with a view to developing the company’s DC proposition. In this role Whitehair will provide strategic...

The Society of Pension Professionals has appointed Fred Emden as its first chief executive.  The SPP is a trade body, representing companies that advise and provide services to work-based pension schemes and...

The Pensions Regulator has made its ambivalence towards smaller single employer  trusts crystal clear. For example, last August it described what it saw as the unacceptable scale of under- performance in its annual...

Opt out rates for auto-enrolment remain low, despite last April's increase in contribution rates, according to the latest data published by the Department of Work and Pensions.  Its Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report...

It is now five years since the introduction of pension freedom rules, but there is still widespread confusion about retirement options, particularly among the 50-plus age group.  One in four savers (26...

Hymans Robertson has promoted William Chan to the newly created role of head of DC investment. In this new position Chan, who joined the company in 2015, will lead Hymans Robertson on...