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2012 staging will distort short-term competiton

Professional Pensions | 11 Feb 2010 | 11:28

Government plans to stage auto-enrolment will inevitably distort short-term competition between large and small firms, pensions minister Angela Eagle admits.

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Admin woes will distract from NEST investment strategy

The “administrative nightmare” of auto-enrolment into National Employment Savings Trust will divert necessary attention from the scheme’s investment strategy, the Pensions Institute warns.

Professional Pensions | 29 Jan 2010 | 11:00

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Have your say: preparing for the 2012 deadline

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: how prepared do you feel employers are for the introduction of auto enrolment?

Professional Pensions | 28 Jan 2010 | 15:25

OTHER 2012 ARTICLES

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A brighter future?

DC schemes are poised for a better 2010, but there are potholes ahead, as Sebastian Cheek reports

Professional Pensions | 28 Jan 2010 | 15:24

Default funds face further criticism

Pitmans Trustees is the latest organisation to publicly criticise the effectiveness and merit of the default fund in defined contribution pensions.

Professional Pensions | 28 Jan 2010 | 15:16

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NEST rebrand welcomed

The re-branding of personal accounts as the National Employment Savings Trust is an important milestone in the process of implementing auto-enrolment and other employer duties from 2012.

Professional Pensions | 28 Jan 2010 | 15:09

Charities are unprepared for 2012 reforms

Around three quarters of charities have not assessed the impact of legislative changes to their pension strategy in 2012, Foster Denovo and ACEVO says.

Professional Pensions | 14 Jan 2010 | 12:56

Draft rules on scheme certification withdrawn

The government has pulled the draft batch of rules on existing pension scheme certification from the final auto-enrolment regulations.

Professional Pensions | 13 Jan 2010 | 10:00

Final auto-enrolment regulations published

The final rules governing auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes from 2012 were laid before parliament today.

Professional Pensions | 12 Jan 2010 | 13:18

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Personal accounts rebranding cost £363,000 - UPDATE 2

National Employment Savings Trust - NEST - has been unveiled as the new brand name for personal accounts.

Professional Pensions | 07 Jan 2010 | 16:52

Auto-enrolment awareness 'very low' among small employers

A department for work and pensions research report on the likely responses of small employers to personal accounts is not “happy reading”, a lawyer warns.

Professional Pensions | 06 Jan 2010 | 11:26

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PP Show Video Vox Pop - Pensions legislation

Attendees at the PP Show 2009 were asked: What is the first piece of pensions legislation you would like to see the next government introduce?

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Phased in employer contributions risk ‘undermining’ personal accounts

The Labour party’s proposal to phase in employers’ contributions to personal accounts until 2016 “undermines” the whole project, the Conservatives say.

Professional Pensions | 04 Dec 2009 | 10:01

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