Auto-enrolment

Aegon has launched a selection of auto-enrolment investment funds suitable for use as default options.

The Department for Work and Pensions' proposal to allow defined benefit schemes to self-certify may be unworkable, industry figures warn.

Registration for the Pensions and Benefits Show, which takes place on 12-13 June at ExCel in London, has now opened.

Mobile retailer Phones 4u has chosen Staffcare as its auto-enrolment software provider.

Kingfisher has increased its defined benefit surplus after closing its scheme to future accrual during the 2012/13 financial year, its preliminary results show.

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on its proposals to improve auto-enrolment, including simplifying eligibility and potential exemptions for defined benefit schemes from qualification requirements.

Adecco Group has appointed NOW Pensions as its auto-enrolment provider.

As employers reach their staging dates they need to decide what kind of system they need to fulfil their auto-enrolment duties.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced the increase in the personal tax allowance to £10,000 will be brought forward to 2014.

The reform is a tax on business that could create behavioural change, says Mark Wood