Auto-enrolment

Standard Life has added 135,000 employees to its corporate schemes, bringing total membership to 1.3 million.

Opt-out rates averaged around 9% in the first six months of auto-enrolment (AE), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Consultants providing auto-enrolment (AE) solutions are beginning to scale back bespoke offerings as the risks of non-compliance are too high.

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) decision to publish a guide advising smaller employers to avoid trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes has been slammed by the industry.

Jack Jones looks at how the regulator's advice steers employers away from small schemes

Helen Morrissey asks if more can be done to help lower earners save

Helen Morrissey looks at who has missed out on AE and what can be done to reach them

Naomi Rainey looks at the detail of the regulator’s report into auto-enrolment so far

Jonathan Stapleton says the current AE rules will lead to complications for employers and the regulator

The University of St Andrews has appointed NOW Pensions as its auto-enrolment (AE) provider.