Pensions Buzz

The majority of Buzz respondents said trustee boards did not need to reflect the gender balance of their schemes' memberships. Contributors said that trustees represented the scheme as a whole, rather than any particular constituency.

Almost four out of 10 contributors said trustee boards would make better decisions if they had more input from women.

The majority of respondents said trustee boards lacked diversity. Many respondents said this was because women were not putting themselves forward for the role, while others said it was just a reflection of the gender imbalance in the corporate world....

This week we want to know if schemes need to do more to understand the charges they pay.

This week, Pensions Buzz respondents said the government was right to put back the charge cap to 2015.

The majority of Buzz respondents favoured keeping the lifetime allowance (LTA).

The majority of respondents were not in favour of making income drawdown the default option at retirement for defined contribution (DC) members.

Buzz respondents decisively rejected the idea of increasing the age threshold for auto-enrolment (AE).

Buzz respondents were generally supportive of the decision to delay the introduction of a charge cap on workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes.

This week we want your views on women in pensions. Are women adequately represented on trustee boards? Does this matter? Are quotas the answer?