All auto-enrolment articles – Page 2
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OpinionAre policymakers’ DC plans realistic?
There is much to be positive about in DC pensions – but policymakers must be careful to avoid a multitude of pitfalls
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NewsIncrease of renting in retirement poses risks to future pensioners, new report warns
Data predicts households that own their home in retirement could fall from 78 per cent to 63 per cent by 2041.
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NewsMore than half of pension savers do not understand fees
Consumers are baffled by fees, warns Boring Money’s Holly Mackay
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Opinion‘Pot for life’: what are the knock-on effects?
Proponents and critics need to fully understand the likely impacts and update their arguments to address them.
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NewsChancellor proposes ‘pots for life’ in major pension reforms
Hunt’s pot for life proposals could be attractive, but would be complex to implement and could make life harder for consumers, industry warns
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NewsRise in national living wage will boost pension savings
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the National Living Wage will jump to £11.44 per hour during the autumn statement.
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NewsPeople prioritise haircuts over pensions admin
Pensions are the lowest life admin priority for many Brits
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NewsGovernment should intervene to help self-employed save
Scottish Widows calls for the government to provide auto-enrolment alternative for the self-employment
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NewsSavers seek cash in cost of living crisis
Research from Aon also found that 15% of savers now access their retirement savings early.
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NewsPension savers urged to track down missing £26bn
The pensions industry is hoping the second annual Pay Your Pension Some Attention, #Pensionattention, campaign will encourage people to track down lost pensions and save more into the ones they have.
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NewsAuto enrolment will be extended to younger workers as bill is granted Royal Assent
A private members bill which will mean that workers under the age of 22 are automatically enrolled into a pension, has passed its third reading in the House of Lords.
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OpinionA woman's right to a decent pension
There is only so much the pensions industry can take on when it comes to society's wider problems, although encouraging more of us to save into a pension is a start writes Pensions Expert's editor Samantha Downes.
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NewsAuto enrolment: Could removal of £10k trigger help low earners save more into a pension
A research report commissioned by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) and carried out by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) looked at whether removing the £10,000 auto enrolment earnings trigger could help the UK's low earners save more into their pension.
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NewsRetirement and poverty, Scottish Widows warns of growing generation gap
The life office and pensions provider has launched the National Retirement Forecast (NRF) which aims to provide "forensic analysis of the challenges faced by different demographics".
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NewsACA chair balks at funding code for open schemes while backing CDC
Concerns about the new funding code forcing “unnecessarily cautious” funding approaches upon open defined benefit (DB) schemes were raised at the All Party Parliamentary Group’s annual pensions lunch earlier this week.
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NewsLiving Pension: Fighting poverty with better retirement saving
The Living Wage Foundation has launched the Living Pension Employer standard, a voluntary programme for employers who wish to address low levels of pension saving among lower paid workers.
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NewsOne in three single mothers ‘locked out’ of pension saving
One in three working single mothers are ineligible for a workplace pension under current auto-enrolment rules, despite more than half (59 per cent) being employed.
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Opinion‘Why aren’t we on TikTok?’
In a recent meeting, a fantastic trustee chair asked, half-jokingly: “Why aren’t we on TikTok?” For some in the industry the knee-jerk answer involves the demographics and level of detail required.
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OpinionAlmost two decades on: The evolution of the PPF
The story of how the Pension Protection Fund was established in 2005, and how we have evolved since has been covered by Pensions Expert over the best part of the past two decades. So now seems like an apt time to reflect on how our story began, how far we have come since, and to look to the future.