Legislation

THE industry must be aware of the negative overlap between means tested benefits and personal accounts, The Pensions Policy Institute warns.

SMALL employers must not be left to shoulder the burden of advising workers about personal accounts, delegates heard.

PERSONAL accounts must remain as simple as possible to ensure the scheme works for the target market, delegates heard.

The pensions industry must stand up and say personal accounts are "a disaster", Ros Altmann says.

CHANGES to sex discrimination legislation could make employers liable for maternity leave pension contributions beyond the statutory 39 weeks, law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner claims.

THE Pension Protection Fund will take a formal role in the running of the Financial Assistance Scheme this summer, the department for work and pensions says.

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority should not be forced to adhere to UN principles for responsible investment, the Investment Management Association says.

The charging structure of personal accounts must remain attractive despite having to recoup "substantial subsidies", the Society of Pension Consultants says.

The first ever Professional Pensions Conjecture debate chaired by Professional Pensions editor Len Roberts and including Hamish Wilson of Hamish Wilson & Co, Sacker & Partners' Ian Pittaway, and Buck Consultants' Fraser Smart - asked if the current Pensions...

SMALL businesses have urged the government to help with the start-up costs of personal accounts.