Employers should see the upgrades to systems and processes required for auto-enrolment as an opportunity to improve pensions communications, the conference heard.

The government are yet to develop a grand vision for pensions and should be prepared to resort to compulsion if auto-enrolment fails, delegates heard.

UK - Uniq, the chilled food supplier still 90% owned by its pension scheme, has reported a 47% rise in operating profits to £4.7m ($7.3m)in the first half of the year.

Uniq, the chilled food supplier still 90% owned by its pension scheme, has reported a 47% rise in operating profits to £4.7m in the first half of the year.

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The National Association of Pension Funds has urged politicians to address a record drop in public confidence in pensions or risk mass opt-outs from auto-enrolment.

The Alliance Trust Companies' Pension Fund has moved further into the black in the first six months of the year after closing to future accrual in the spring.

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Global equity manager Dalton Strategic Partnership has increased it focus on UK pension funds with the appointment of a partner to head up its institutional business.

With just over a year to go before the largest employers begin auto-enrolling workers into pension schemes, companies need to be prepared, a provider says.