Auto-enrolment

In the final installment of the Scottish Widows roundtable on auto-enrolment the panel discusses the future of auto-enrolment.

Buzz respondents were split fairly evenly between two of the options proposed by the government for a cap on charges in auto-enrolment (AE) scheme, and leaving well alone.

PP research reveals most readers think consultancy charging is inappropriate in all defined contribution (DC) schemes.

The majority of respondents to this week's Buzz want the ban on consultancy charging in auto-enrolment (AE) schemes to be extended to cover all defined contribution (DC) schemes.

In the second part of our video roundtable the panellists discuss the challenges of dealing with auto-enrolment.

Pension PlayPen has launched a free comparison tool to rate and compare quotes from all the main pension providers.

Friends Life added £6m of new corporate benefits business between July and September and says in its interim results that it aims to add £6m more in Q4.

The Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) Exchange (Tex) has launched a contract club of transfer providers to cut pension transfer times to no longer than six working days.

Barclays Corporate & Employer Solutions (C&ES) has unveiled its DC platform investment solution and launched a defined contribution (DC) consultancy practice.

Aon Hewitt has launched an auto-enrolment (AE) solution in partnership with Zurich, offering a 0.5% annual management charge (AMC) for its default fund.