Should AE rate hikes be in line with staging dates?
AE staging dates are spread across seven years, but small businesses will have very little time to prepare for rate increases. James Phillips reports
Automatic enrolment (AE) has been rolling out for nearly five years now, with the largest employers giving some of their staff a pension for the first time from 2012. This roll-out programme is ongoing,...
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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has welcomed plans to incorporate performance fees in the charge cap, but the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) warned performance fees are “not the only headache” for defined contribution (DC)...
PensionBee draws 12,000 customer sign-ups for IPO with estimated market cap of £348m
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Industry Voice: The master plan
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TPR data reveals further consolidation in occupational DC market
The occupational defined contribution (DC) market consolidated further in 2020 with the number of trust-based plans falling substantially during the year, latest data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals.
UK mandatory pension provision half OECD average
Auto-enrolment (AE) contributions must rise to 12% to put the UK on par with the rest of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) says.
