Finance and Technology Research Centre director Ian McKenna has said the auto-enrolment of small to medium sized enterprises will be a "political disaster".

Morrisons supermarket had around 5,000 of its employees actively opt-in to its pension scheme before the official staging date on the 1st of October.

A Pension fund preference for brownfield investments over greenfield could hamper government plans for infrastructure investment.

Hymans Robertson senior consultant Jon Hutchings says unnecessary tenders will push up the cost of consultancy for schemes.

Leading consultants have expressed concerns at employers' lack of awareness of the cost of auto-enrolment.

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that well-known business icons including Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady are among the celebrities to help promote auto-enrolment through an advertising campaign.

The Actuarial Profession had announced the launch of the Actuarial Research Centre which aims to sponsor PhD students.

The Public Service Pensions Bill 2013 will be announced in Parliament with controversy over strike action and accusations of "steamrolling".

Rising equity markets coupled with a small increase in gilt yields helped scheme deficits improve by £2.7bn over August, according to the PPF 7800 index.

The National Association of Pension Funds is to attend individual party conferences this autumn under the banner ‘How to get Britain saving', to ensure pensions remain on the political agenda.