Auto-enrolment

The Pensions Regulator has awarded a £105m contract to Capita to support direct communications with employers on auto-enrolment.

Professional Pensions held a Conjecture debate on auto-enrolment yesterday. If you missed it, you can click here to listen to the debate in full...

Defined contribution investment strategies must focus more on member outcomes and less on turning savers into investment experts to succeed during auto-enrolment, consultants say.

The £10m publicity drive for auto-enrolment could tempt council pension scheme members to opt-out and move into "inferior, cheaper alternatives", the Merseyside Pension Fund warns.

Pensions administrators should be able to give guidance to scheme members without fear of breaching financial advice regulations, the Pensions Administration Standards Authority argues.

HSBC Workplace Retirement Services has appointed Mark Winstanley as a senior client relationship manager.

Independent pension consultant Malcolm McLean praises the government for its progress on simplifying the state pension, but calls for a contingency plan should auto-enrolment fail.

Here it is. PP rounds up some of the top stories from the Professional Pensions Show 2011.

Large firms still have time to start auto-enrolment preparation but it must begin before Christmas, delegates heard.

Employers should see the upgrades to systems and processes required for auto-enrolment as an opportunity to improve pensions communications, the conference heard.