All member engagement articles – Page 23
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News
SME 'genuinely worried' about Budget impact on engagement
A British manufacturer has raised concerns about how the greater retirement flexibility announced in the Budget will impact the success of workplace saving and auto-enrolment, saying employees will need more help to navigate the system.
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Features
Selex empowers members on AVCs with website add-on
The Selex Pension Scheme has extended the functionality of its online pensions software as it seeks to drive engagement among its members.
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News
Diageo: CDC could help overcome lack of member knowledge
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Collective defined contribution could be a way forward for schemes trying to "give members what they want" and avoid burdening them with decisions, said Diageo's director of pensions.
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NewsJohn Lewis favours risk controls to deliver member outcomes
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: The John Lewis Partnership's defined contribution scheme will not consider offering income guarantees to its members, unless a legislative framework is put in place to deliver them.
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Hewden: simplicity crucial to managing auto-enrolment
Plant hire company Hewden has stressed simplicity was crucial to its auto-enrolment project, and questioned whether hiring a consultancy always provided value for money.
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Civil service schemes centralise admin to boost engagement
The civil service pension schemes are moving the administration of their active, deferred and pensioner members to a single system to reduce costs and increase member engagement.
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OpinionThe DC Debate – ensuring value for new savers in 2014
This quarter’s DC debate focuses on how to strike the best risk and return balance for defined contribution savers in a fragile but recovering global economy.
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OCS uses postponement to manage AE risks, sees 10% opt-out
Facilities provider OCS Group profited from the statutory three-month auto-enrolment postponement to find solutions to its tricky work patterns and variable earnings, when it staged last year.
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Report calls for greater transparency on costs
All costs extracted by default funds and schemes should be publicly disclosed via a central registry to promote transparency, the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School has urged.
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IBM portal gets 5,000 sign-ups as scheme goes paperless
More than 5,200 active employee members have signed up to IBM Pensions Trust’s online pensions management portal since it was launched in the middle of last year.
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WMPF portal drives 19% increase in web engagement
West Midlands Pension Fund has seen a substantial increase in traffic to its website following the launch of an online portal providing scheme information to members and employers.
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Opinion
Five ways to retain your auto-enrolled members
What can be done to encourage those who have been auto-enrolled to stay in and engage with their pension schemes?
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News
Members need push to use scheme calculators
The use of pension charges calculators to inform members has become the norm for pension funds, industry experts say, but member engagement is still low.
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NewsCharity bears brunt of AE contributions
Action for Children has said it chose to place a greater burden on itself than employees when setting its auto-enrolment contribution levels, in a drive to create fairness.
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FeaturesCo-op battles 95% apathy with tiered AE scheme
The Co-operative Group has managed its risk of employee disengagement from auto-enrolment by introducing a tiered scheme that mixes defined contribution and career average to suit members' needs.
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Features
DC schemes harness apathy to drive up contributions
Defined contribution (DC) schemes are increasing members' retirement savings by using a combination of apathy and education to ensure high levels of contributions.
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Features
Bank scheme lifts contributions through age profiling
Ian Smith explores how the National Australia Group defined contribution (DC) plan and others are improving their communication through direct engagement with employees.