Pensions Buzz

There was a lot of uncertainty over whether central banks' latest wheeze was of any use to institutional investors. Just over a third supported the forward guidance policy, just over a quarter said it didn't help, but the largest proportion of contributors...

Just under half of this week's contributors said investment consultants added no value when picking managers, while a quarter defended their worth.

Just over half of Buzz respondents want the government to cap charges in workplace schemes, another measure the OFT shied away from in its report. More than two out of five contributors rejected the suggestion.

Just over half this week's respondents defended the decision by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) not to refer defined contribution (DC) providers to the Competition Commission (CC). Almost three out of ten contributors thought the sector should have been...

This week respondents chose the noble elephant as their preferred pensions industry mascot.

Almost seven in 10 contributors said there is a governance gap between contract- and trust-based schemes.

Almost half of respondents thought the threat of pension liberation was growing, with around the same proportion unsure.

More than seven out of ten respondents said they did not believe they would be able to retire with two thirds replacement rate income when they reached state retirement age.

The old question of trustee remuneration split respondents right down the middle.

Long-lived, lumbering, intelligent and persecuted, the elephant was the most common suggestion for a pensions industry mascot.