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UK - The National Employment Savings Trust will up its exposure to return-seeking assets through direct investment about five years into its life, its chief investment officer says.

Neil Carberry talks about the progress of auto-enrolment

Predictions auto-enrolment will boost scheme take-up rates among low earners are ‘over-optimistic', Standard Life warns.

The 2% upfront charge on contributions into the National Employment Savings Trust is part of an "outstanding deal," delegates heard.

The recent Association of Consulting Actuaries 2010 Smaller Firms' Pensions Survey found mixed views on the government's radical auto-enrolment reforms. David Robertson reports

NEST has confirmed its long-term administration contract with Tata Consultancy Services.

UK - State Street Corporation has been appointed as fund administrator for the National Employment Savings Trust.

David Stevenson asks if fund managers have got their asset allocation model right

State Street Corporation has been appointed as fund administrator for the National Employment Savings Trust.

The Arc de Triomphe - which honours those who fought and died for France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars - includes a list of French victories engraved under the great arches of the monument.