Friday Buzz: UK pensions not fit for Champions League

This week respondents say they don't expect their schemes to become self-sufficient, voice support for a default fund charge cap, and say the UK system is not fit for the Champions League.

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Pensions Buzz is a weekly omnibus survey of views around this industry. This week respondents say they don't expect their schemes to become self-sufficient, voice support for a default fund charge cap, and say the UK system is not fit for the Champions League.

Just 9% of respondents said they expect their scheme to achieve self-sufficiency by 2015. More than half of participants supported the idea of a cap on default fund charges for AE schemes. Th...

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