Auto-enrolment

Natasha Browne reports on the case for compulsion

Now Pensions has appointed Jocelyn Blackwell to its board of trustee directors following Imelda Walsh's decision to step down at the start of the year.

The majority of the industry is far from optimistic that auto-enrolment and a flat-rate state pension will give workers enough to retire on, PP research finds.

Two thirds of the pension industry think the government should consider compulsory saving to make sure as many workers as possible had something to supplement their state pension.

Seven out of ten people in the industry do not believe the combination of statutory auto-enrolment and new flat-rate state pension will give workers enough to retire on.

The majority of the industry believes auto-enrolment (AE) in its current form will not deliver the retirement income targeted by the Pensions Commission.

Dunelm Soft Furnishings underpaid its initial auto-enrolment (AE) contributions by £143,000 as a result of a defective payroll system, a report from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals.

Jonathan Stapleton looks at the impact of the Budget on DC defaults

George Osborne pulled a rabbit out of the Budget hat last month with a number of surprise pension announcements. Hannah Uttley discusses these and other major benefit announcements.

Mercer has been appointed as the preferred provider of defined contribution (DC) schemes to more than 200 UK higher and further education institutions.