Friday Buzz: 'Tobin tax' fears revealed

Readers give us their take on the Tobin tax, triple locking S2P, auto-enrolment awareness and government policy

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Pensions Buzz is a weekly survey of the industry. This week's research reveals concerns over European tax plans, support for ‘triple locking' state second pensions, and some alarming figures about auto-enrolment.

This week, a total of 159 scheme managers, trustees, actuaries, lawyers and consultants responded. First up, they expressed worries that the proposed ‘Tobin tax' would hit UK scheme investments....

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