Pensions Buzz

The state pension triple lock is too expensive to keep long term according to Pensions Buzz respondents.

Savers do not understand pensions tax relief as 90% fail to put any of their bonus into a company scheme, according to research commissioned by Aviva.

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.