Pensions Buzz

An independent pension commission would be backed by the majority of the industry according to research from Professional Pensions.

Only one in five pensions professionals back calls for a code of conduct on medically underwritten buy-ins, according to PP research.

The majority of contributors felt employers were providing sufficient resources to trustees.

The Financial Services Authority and The Pensions Regulator are not working together effectively, according to Buzz contributors.

Members still attach some importance to dependents' pensions, say pensions buzz respondents.

Just a quarter of Buzz respondents would consider investing in the proposed Pension Infrastructure Platform.

A third of respondents think the government should leave discount rates alone, while not one contributor supported the NAPF's call for a temporary uplift.

Respondents are highly in favour of merging the two central tax payments, despite the government having kicked the issue into the long grass after a consultation in 2011.

Respondents reserve judgement on the Office of Fair Trading's intervention in the DC value debate, but many believe it will have a negative effect or none at all.

Auto-enrolment will cause default investment strategies to become more risk-averse as thousands of new savers pour into schemes, say respondents.