Auto-enrolment

The government has to consider how auto-enrolment (AE) can be extended to the self-employed in its forthcoming review says pensions minister Richard Harrington.

Millions of low-paid earners and self-employed workers will be missing out on pensions unless the government expands the auto-enrolment (AE) programme, Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) research finds.

There have been calls to introduce more flexibility into the auto-enrolment regime in the light of potential economic volatility. Helen Morrissey does not agree.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has called for greater consolidation of defined contribution (DC) schemes, cautioning about the risk posed to members of small schemes.

People should resolve to save more for retirement in their New Year resolutions finds Graham Vidler.

The auto-enrolment (AE) programme is at risk of derailment if the government increases contribution rates too rapidly, Zurich has warned.

One in five small employers are missing their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date, according to Now Pensions' client figures.

Alex Cunningham, the shadow pensions minister, speaks to James Phillips about his new brief, auto-enrolment, and DB deficits

This week's top stories included British Steel trustees rejecting an "unviable plan" to rescue the scheme, and Baroness Ros Altmann calling on the government to amend section 75 debt regulations.

More than 20% of 23 to 36-year-olds are likely to opt out of a workplace pension they have been auto-enrolled into, research by Dunstan Thomas suggests.