Auto-enrolment

Smaller employers are at risk of failing their auto-enrolment (AE) obligations as a fifth are unaware of their staging date, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) warns.

A new auto-enrolment (AE) data standard will be launched at the Annual Payroll and Pensions Conference and Exhibition on 9 October.

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The transfer of more powers from Westminster to Holyrood would cause a divergence in pension regulation across the UK, the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has warned.

MPs have launched an inquiry into the progress of auto-enrolment after the shock changes to the pension system announced in the Budget.

Almost half of Britons below retirement age had no pension savings in the years 2010-2012, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

Pension providers that "cream off profits" and withdraw from the auto-enrolment (AE) market just as small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) stage should be fined, Defaqto says.

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) remains the largest auto-enrolment (AE) master trust with over 1.5 million members as of 1 September 2014.