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The £9bn Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) has pledged £30m of scheme assets to a private direct lending fund designed to support small businesses and the UK economy.
Over a third of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have already staged for auto-enrolment (AE) are contributing more than the statutory minimum.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has reminded companies they must fulfil their auto-enrolment (AE) duties as the number of penalties issued for non-compliance rose.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned firms are failing to comply with auto-enrolment legislation as they approach their staging date.
The former chairwoman of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has called for the removal of the choice for employees to opt out of auto-enrolment (AE).
Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) has taken a minority stake in a digital platform to boost its auto-enrolment (AE) offering for micro employers.
One in five small employers are missing the staging date for auto-enrolment (AE), according to Now Pensions client figures.
Whistleblowing reports to the Pensions Regulator (TPR) have increased by 29% during the last year amid concerns many small employers are not complying with auto-enrolment (AE).
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is issuing an increasing number of escalating penalty notices (EPN) to get companies to comply with their auto-enrolment (AE) duties.