NEST leads master trust race as 'big six' auto-enrol 3.4 million members

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National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) remains the largest auto-enrolment (AE) master trust with over 1.5 million members as of 1 September 2014.

The government-backed multiemployer scheme told Professional Pensions its average opt out rate is 8% with over 8,920 employers in the scheme along with 700 self-employed people. It is followed b...

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