Auto-enrolment

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.

Flexible benefit platforms and corporate wraps have been touted as key ways to engage employees with their pensions.

Professional Pensions is holding a live Conjecture debate on auto-enrolment at 11am on 28 September.

TPR chief executive Bill Galvin tells PP what the industry needs to do ahead of the 2012 pension reforms.