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The National Employment Savings Trust has unveiled its eight golden rules of communication which will guide its conversations with members.

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a public consultation on the scope of its "pounds and pence" charging code of conduct, proposing adherents produce a two-page disclosure document for members.

Schemes' awareness of in-coming record keeping requirements has increased from 74% to 88% over the past year, The Pensions Regulator says.

More than one in five small trust-based defined benefit schemes do not hold annual board meetings, according to research from The Pensions Regulator.

The Bayer Group Pension Plan has moved to paperless trustee board meetings in a switch it says will cut its annual paper usage by 45,000 pages.

PSA Peugeot Citroen has introduced an online pensioner payslip service to reduce the costs and environmental impact of its scheme communications.

Network Rail has appointed RPMI to handle communications with the 33,000 members of its final salary, career average and defined contribution schemes.

Almost 40% of employees will opt out of auto-enrolment arrangements and 68% have little or no knowledge of the changes looming, Aviva claims.

The Pension Protection Fund is set to bring its compensation administration in-house and run its own customer service operation.

The Pensions Regulator and Department for Work and Pensions are launching a website to guide employers' communication to staff throughout the auto-enrolment process.