Auto-enrolment

With MP Richard Harrington replacing Baroness Ros Altmann in a more junior role, what should the under-secretary of state for pensions prioritise over the next year?

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

Companies could increase their defined benefit (DB) contributions rates to meet a £770bn funding gap over the next 60 years.

The pension knowledge gap of younger savers is bigger than previously thought and is affecting their potential retirement funds, research from Jelf Employee Benefits finds.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed auto-enrolment (AE) contribution rate rises will be delayed until April 2018.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has selected Capita for a further three years to continue the roll-out of automatic enrolment (AE) to small and micro employers.

Pension experts have blasted auto-enrolment (AE) as "a glorified ISA" and "pointless scheme", warning savers will not get a decent retirement pot.

Smaller companies need to emulate the success of their larger competitors in encouraging employees to stay in workplace pensions, say experts.

The lifetime ISA (LISA) could severely damage the long-growth of savers' retirement pots, according to a report by the Pensions Policy Institute.

Auto-enrolment has been a success so far but we need to keep moving forward says Tim Sharp.