Pensions Buzz

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.

Surviving partners from same sex marriages should get exactly the same benefits as those from heterosexual marriages, say pension professionals.

Weak covenants and longevity risk are by far biggest unhedged risk in defined benefit schemes, PP research finds.

Most people in the industry want the Public Service Pensions Bill to be amended, PP research finds.

Pensions professionals believe some defined benefit schemes can keep going indefinitely.