NEST

How schemes are embracing SRI, by Helen Morrissey

Large-scale, collective private sector schemes should be set up in competition to NEST - allowing companies to offer DC without running their own scheme, the incoming chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Mark Hyde Harrison, the chairman-elect of the National Association of Pension Funds, believes there is an issue of scale within the pensions industry and thinks we need to develop vehicles to ensure suitable scale and make sure member benefits are secured...

Almost one third of the UK's largest companies are planning to use expensive and ill-suited pension provision to comply with employer duties, according to Hymans Robertson.

Employers cannot afford to ignore the global trend towards corporate wraps if they want to remain relevant to their work- force, Tor Financial managing director David Harris warns.

Winning over 20-somethings sceptical about contributing to a pension will be the key to ensuring auto-enrolment succeeds, Steve Webb says.

The National Employment Savings Trust today unveiled its panel of recommended retirement income providers.

The National Employment Savings Trust is heading for a capacity "car crash" as under-prepared employers cause a last minute stampede for auto-enrolment products, warns Hymans Robertson.

Financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban has defended auto-enrolment after a senior pension adviser labeled it the next mis-selling scandal.

Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges faced by employers as the UK prepares for auto-enrolment