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      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

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      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

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      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-24 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers.

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      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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Auto-enrolment

Pensions bill lite misses obvious opportunity for AE reform
Pensions bill lite misses obvious opportunity for AE reform

Failure to include auto-enrolment reforms in the Queen’s Speech and the pension schemes bill will make big problems even bigger, says Jack Jones.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 28 October 2019
AE seven years on: Has it been a success story?
AE seven years on: Has it been a success story?

AE has successfully brought millions of people into pension savings. But, as Kim Kaveh writes, it is far from perfect.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 October 2019
Don't limit DC savers' choice, respondents say
Don't limit DC savers' choice, respondents say

Defined contribution (DC) savers should not have their choices limited when it comes to savings plans and retirement decisions, a majority of this week’s 93 Pensions Buzz respondents say.

  • Industry
  • 09 October 2019
Industry split on compulsory workplace pension membership
Industry split on compulsory workplace pension membership

A narrow majority of this week's 108 Pensions Buzz respondents said there was no need to make workplace pension scheme membership mandatory.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 01 October 2019
Limit choice to tackle unsuitable retirement decisions, says OECD
Limit choice to tackle unsuitable retirement decisions, says OECD

Britain is not alone in the challenge of getting people to save for pensions, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

  • Defined Contribution
  • 30 September 2019
No evidence to suggest opt-out surge after April contribution rate hike, TPR says
No evidence to suggest opt-out surge after April contribution rate hike, TPR says

There has been no evidence to suggest that a “significant number” of people have opted out of their pension scheme after the final contribution rate hike, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 September 2019
Pension Awareness Day: Industry's top tips for boosting engagement
Pension Awareness Day: Industry's top tips for boosting engagement

Experts have called on the industry to personalise pension communications and expand auto-enrolment (AE) to all workers ahead of the fifth Pension Awareness Day on Sunday.

  • Industry
  • 12 September 2019
NEST joins Star Initiative as Opperman urges other to follow suit
NEST joins Star Initiative as Opperman urges other to follow suit

NEST has signed up to the government-backed Star Initiative, taking all of its 8 million members' pension pots with it.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 16 August 2019
Six ways to boost your pension pot
Six ways to boost your pension pot

Putting together a pension fund can be tricky to tackle, whether you have just set foot into the world of work, or have been working for years and are approaching retirement. Emily McKinnon looks at effective ways of saving for retirement.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 09 August 2019
Five pension priorities for the new government
Five pension priorities for the new government

While Amber Rudd will remain in her job as secretary of state for work and pensions, the rest of Boris Johnson's cabinet has experienced a major shake-up.

  • Industry
  • 25 July 2019
Businesses support expansion of AE to low earners
Businesses support expansion of AE to low earners

The extension of auto-enrolment (AE) to more workers is supported by around three-quarters of businesses, according to research by Scottish Widows and the Confederation of Business Industry (CBI).

  • Defined Contribution
  • 19 July 2019
Ed Balls: Consensus politics is a UK strength, but fragile now
Ed Balls: Consensus politics is a UK strength, but fragile now

James Phillips spoke to the former shadow chancellor at PBUK about how politicians must embrace the benefits of long-term policy creation through independent and cross-party thinking.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 July 2019
TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties
TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties

Companies which have tried to dodge their pension duties by changing their identities are being "hunted" by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in a crackdown on non-compliance with auto-enrolment (AE).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 July 2019
NEST's assets under management more than double in one year
NEST's assets under management more than double in one year

NEST is now managing £5.7bn on behalf of its members, more than double the £2.7bn it was managing at the same time the previous year.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 12 July 2019
£100,000 pensions gap for women in part-time work
£100,000 pensions gap for women in part-time work

Women's savings are being cut due to part-time work leaving them £105,000 worse off than men in retirement, research conducted by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) and Now Pensions revealed.

  • Industry
  • 11 July 2019
We need a new independent pensions commission, say Buzz respondents
We need a new independent pensions commission, say Buzz respondents

Pensions Buzz peers agreed with pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls that now might be the time for a fresh commission.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 09 July 2019
Pensions minister: Saving trends on right track but we must go further
Pensions minister: Saving trends on right track but we must go further

With record numbers saving for retirement, Guy Opperman says we have an opportunity to make it easier for people to engage with their pensions

  • Defined Contribution
  • 04 July 2019
Ed Balls: I back Opperman on need for fresh pensions commission
Ed Balls: I back Opperman on need for fresh pensions commission

Ed Balls has backed the idea of holding a fresh pensions commission after the minister for pensions and financial inclusion, Guy Opperman, indicated support for such a review.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 June 2019
Minimum AE contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030
Minimum AE contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030

Auto-enrolment (AE) minimum contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030, with a 50/50 split between employer and employee, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 June 2019
Third of women have no pension plan, finds Willis Owen
Third of women have no pension plan, finds Willis Owen

Just over a third of women claim they do not have a pension plan compared to 17% of men, a Willis Owen survey has found.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 24 June 2019
Female participation in workplace schemes soars as a result of AE
Female participation in workplace schemes soars as a result of AE

The number of women participating in a workplace pension has increased by 70% since auto-enrolment (AE) began, analysis by Equiniti reveals.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 June 2019
Occupational scheme membership rises to 45.6 million people
Occupational scheme membership rises to 45.6 million people

Membership of occupational pension scheme membership has risen to a record high of 45.6 million people as of the end of last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Industry
  • 20 June 2019
Government must show leadership on AE
Government must show leadership on AE

Steps to improve auto-enrolment are uncontroversial and obvious, but the government is dawdling on introducing the necessary changes, argues Jack Jones.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 June 2019
NEST to completely divest from tobacco as 'compelling' performance evidence found
NEST to completely divest from tobacco as 'compelling' performance evidence found

The government's auto-enrolment provider NEST is going tobacco-free across all of its investment portfolios after concluding the asset is a "poor investment" for its eight million members.

  • Investment
  • 12 June 2019
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