Pensions Buzz

Readers give us their take on the Tobin tax, triple locking S2P, auto-enrolment awareness and government policy

The industry is concerned that a 'Tobin tax' could hit schemes investments.

Industry insiders fear that awareness of auto-enrolment remains alarmingly low.

The industry believes the government should extend its triple lock guarantee of the basic state pension to cover additional state benefits.

Pensions professionals are unsure whether the government's claim that it will always 'pay to save' thanks to its reforms is true.

This week respondents dismissed criticism of the regulator, lamented late changes to auto-enrolment, and are for the most part unaware of any pension liberation schemes.

Most Buzz respondents think critics of The Pensions Regulator should cut the watchdog some slack.

The government's consultation on simplifying auto-enrolment has come too late for the majority of the industry, according to PP research.

There is considerable confusion over whether trustees have the discretion to disinvest from categories on ethical grounds.

Most pension professionals have not come across schemes they believe are being used as pensions liberation vehicles according to PP research.