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Mercer has hired a key employee from the National Employment Savings Trust as a senior consultant in its governance and trustee services group.

Standard Life has revealed it is working with the National Employment Savings Trust to integrate the scheme into its proposition to clients ahead of auto-enrolment.

Islamic pension funds could move from being a "hygiene factor" to a mainstream option as auto-enrolment changes the pensions landscape, HSBC Global Asset Management argues.

Tomorrow marks the one year countdown to auto-enrolment coming into force, making it "critical" companies start planning ahead according to KPMG.

A glut of private sector competitors to the National Employment Savings Trust could have a negative long-term impact on savers, an actuary warns.

The £10m publicity drive for auto-enrolment could tempt council pension scheme members to opt-out and move into "inferior, cheaper alternatives", the Merseyside Pension Fund warns.

Large firms still have time to start auto-enrolment preparation but it must begin before Christmas, delegates heard.

With just over a year to go before the largest employers begin auto-enrolling workers into pension schemes, companies need to be prepared, a provider says.

UK/DENMARK - NOW Pensions, the new scheme to be launched by Danish group ATP early next year, has vowed to bring "highly competitive" charges to the UK market.