TPR

The number of trust-based defined contribution (DC) scheme members has increased by 14% in the last year from 2.2 million to 2.6 million, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

Around two thirds of employers who have auto-enrolled their staff found it "more difficult than they had anticipated", the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) says.

This week Buzz respondents showed little enthusiasm for a regulatory review.

There was only limited appetite from Buzz contributors for a government review of pensions regulation before 2015.

The vast majority of Buzz respondents are pretty relaxed about trustees agreeing to asset-backed contribution structures (ABCs).

Staging for auto-enrolment (AE) will reach its highest level in the final quarter of 2016 with as many as 215,000 employers due to enrol their staff into a pension scheme, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Jack Jones examines the effect of the FRC’s warning over asset-backed contributions

PTL has launched a service to help trustees of defined contribution (DC) schemes produce the governance statements The Pensions Regulator (TPR) requires them to complete.

The majority of Buzz respondents do not want The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to be given the power to close under-funded schemes to future accrual.

The defined contribution (DC) pensions market will rocket to six times its 2012 value of £276bn assets under management (AUM) by 2030, according to the Pensions Institute (PI).