Auto-enrolment

Standard Life has revealed its updated consultancy charging options, which are compatible with retail distribution review criteria and the introduction of auto-enrolment.

The Pensions Management Institute has launched an auto-enrolment qualification.

The introduction of auto-enrolment will effectively end ill-fated stakeholder pension requirements for UK employers, it has been confirmed.

The pensions industry has welcomed the government's ‘savings revolution' as auto-enrolment begins with its first staging date.

The Pensions Action Group and a communications consultant has criticised the timing and messages of the Department for Work and Pensions' auto-enrolment TV campaign.

Sainsbury's will use its existing Legal & General schemes for auto-enrolment, as it becomes one of the first companies to undertake the reform this Monday.

The Pensions Regulator has published a consultation on providers' and trustees' duty to report auto-enrolment failures and proposed to fine providers that do not report adequately.

Most workers without pensions want to know more about auto-enrolment and expect their employers to provide the information according to research from Standard Life.

The biggest barrier to companies using the National Employment Savings Trust is the perception that it will be difficult to brand as a "valuable employee benefit", says Towers Watson.

Pension hub provider Money on Toast has created a tool that allows workers to learn about auto-enrolment via Facebook.