Auto-enrolment

This year has been a busy one for the pensions industry. Professional Pensions looks at what happened between January and March.

This week's biggest stories included coverage of the final day of the landmark British Airways case in the High Court, PP's definitive list of the top pension schemes in the UK, and the government revealing details on its 2017 auto-enrolment review.

While employers continue to be a "conduit" for pension savings, more emphasis must be placed on promoting individual responsibility according to the pensions minister.

This year has been a tumultuous one for pensions but Helen Morrissey believes we need to take the time to learn lessons from what has happened.

Hugh Nolan believes members struggling with increased auto-enrolment contributions should be offered a chance to opt back down to the previous level rather than making it an "all or nothing" choice.

Four years of auto-enrolment (AE) has brought more young savers and low earners into workplace pensions, and even doubled membership among people not directly targeted by the policy.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has disputed a report saying UK firms have paid a huge number of auto-enrolment fines unnecessarily.

Aviva has called on the government to increase minimum auto-enrolment (AE) contributions to 12.5% by 2028 to ensure people build adequate pensions, as part of ten recommendations.

Royal London has seen its auto-enrolment (AE) pensions business grow by 50% in the past year.

Helen Morrissey wonders if the recent Uber decision will prompt new discussion on helping the self-employed save for retirement.