Pensions Buzz

This week's Pensions Buzz respondents were almost equally split on whether The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needed a fresh strategy as its chief executive changes.

Members and trustees will never understand GMP calculations, and the regulator should not be allowed to create its own rules, according to this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.

This week's 103 Pensions Buzz respondents were equally split on whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is right to launch the dashboard on a voluntary participation basis, as was announced on Monday.

Trustees should not suspend DB to DC pension transfer activity following the recent GMP equalisation ruling, say this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.

The government should introduce legislation to allow for defined benefit (DB) scheme rights to be simplified, say this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.

Pension Buzz respondents have disputed Lord Myners' arguments that asset owners, including pension funds, are substantially to blame for short-termism in business.

It will take between three and five years before collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes are up and running, despite the government launching a consultation on the provision.

Pensions Buzz respondents say there are still unanswered questions on GMP equalisation following the High Court decision.

In this week's Pensions Buzz, respondents urged caution over the use of fear to engage people in pensions.

Only a fifth of respondents in this week's Pensions Buzz say they have started contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit scenario.