What is the industry thinking this week?

The majority of contributors think the taxpayer should not be on the hook for the Royal Mail's pension deficit once the institution has been transferred to the private sector.

More than half this week's respondents believe the eventual opt out rate for auto-enrolment will be between 10% and 20%.

The majority of respondents believe a list of registered pension providers would help crack down on pensions liberation scams. But a quarter of contributors thought this would not guarantee compliance.

A slim majority said the claim that the average 30 year old should save £824 a month to have a comfortable retirement was "about right".

Just over half this week's respondents shared the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) concern over the use of so-called active member discounts (AMDs).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Stephen Soper to replace Bill Galvin as chief executive on an interim basis.

Manchester United and the Football Association (FA) are the latest organisations to be awarded the National Association of Pension Funds' (NAPF) Pensions Quality Mark (PQM).

Charlotte Moore investigates what schemes can do if rates start to rise

Jack Jones looks at the fallout from last week's Supreme Court decision on Nortel