Auto-enrolment

Auto-enrolment may have been with us for a few years now but it is only just getting going, with over 90% of employers yet to go through the process. Richard Hulbert takes a look at what still lies ahead.

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revised regulation around Statutory Money Purchase Illustration (SMPI) regulations to let providers use their discretion on assumptions relating to auto-enrolment increases and guaranteed annuity rates.

Should the auto-enrolment threshold be lowered?

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed its intention to have a pot follows member system to consolidate small pots in place by autumn 2016.

Why the OECD is correct to challenge the abolition of compulsory annuitisation

Moves to erode self-serving behaviour within the pensions industry could backfire, M&S pensions strategy specialist Julie Parker-Welch has warned.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has hit back at criticism that the decision to abolish mandatory annuitisation could jeopardise the benefits of auto-enrolment (AE).

The Merchant Navy Officers' Pension Fund (MNOPF) is set to launch an industry-wide defined contribution (DC) scheme for officers and ratings in the Merchant Navy.

Helen Morrissey looks ahead to the new year