This week’s 102 Pensions Buzz respondents were in agreement that a permanent pensions commission should be formed.

Pension Wise saw a 49% increase in customers arranging appointments with the service over the course of 2018/2019.

Pension providers must now be proactive and prepare their data in order to be ready for the pensions dashboard, Guy Opperman has warned.

Holly Roach reports on how the schemes won a US class action case, reaching a $350m settlement.

The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) has launched a financial wellbeing strategy to address poor financial wellbeing in the UK.

Think tanks The Fabian Society and Bright Blue have called for a new pensions commission, as Guy Opperman lends his support.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has urged the government to set out a timetable for when it will implement its planned automatic enrolment (AE) reforms, and produce a timetable for increases in AE contribution levels.

Pensions funds’ focus on long income property is increasing, with 84% of investors agreeing the level of investment in this area will rise over the next two years, according to research by Alpha Real Capital.

More than half (55%) of the pensions industry is dissatisfied with the direction of pensions policy going into 2020, according to research from the Pensions Management Institute (PMI).

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has published a research report and white paper urging the industry to work together to stop automation being derailed by poor quality data.