Pensions Buzz

This week we want to know if Michael Johnson's idea for auto-drawdown at age 55 and auto-annuitisation at age 80 could reduce financial risk to savers.

Industry is worried the chancellor's back-down on NICs for self-employed increases chances of tax relief overhaul.

This week, we want to know whether the Communication Workers Union's plan for a risk-sharing scheme at Royal Mail signals it is time to revisit defined ambition.

Imposing a higher levy on schemes without a substantive sponsor would be fairer and act as a deterrent, according to Pensions Buzz respondents.

This week we want to know if consultants are reluctant to offer trustee clients honest feedback and if they have a firm understanding of implicit investment costs.

Fully merging DB assets and liabilities into superfunds is "impractical and unrealistic", according to most respondents in last week's Pensions Buzz.

A supermajority of pensions buzz respondents rebuked a suggestion that all defined benefit (DB) schemes should be merged into one.

PP research finds disagreement on whether transfers to SSASs are the problem and should be barred.

This week we want to know if The Pensions Regulator's call to ban pension transfers to small self-administered schemes (SSASs) is a good idea.

This week we want to know if the pension system is better now than 20 years ago, and what has been the biggest development in pensions.