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Providers have made preparations to deal with auto-enrolment’s busiest period. Rachel Dalton reports

The Pensions Regulator has published its first update detailing the number of employers which have registered meeting their auto-enrolment duties, and indicates scheme membership has increased.

Advisers setting up group personal pensions (GPPs) must add VAT to the charges they levy on employers, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.

Last year's dip in the buy-in and buyout market was due to trustees focusing on triennial valuations and schemes being unprepared to transact, say insurers.

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a lead generation company from sending unsolicited text messages offering pension liberation to consumers.

Pensions Buzz is a weekly survey of the industry. This week respondents share concerns about The Pensions Regulator's plans for trust-based DC and discuss the long-term aims of DB schemes.

The Pensions Regulator is investigating investment holding company Guinness Peat Group over its pension scheme responsibilities.

Many buzz respondents were concerned that The Pensions Regulator's proposed approach to regulating trust-based defined contribution schemes could overload trustees.

Trustees' focus on maintaining service level agreements for transfers is hampering efforts to detect and stop pensions liberation scams, administrators warn.

The Pensions Regulator has added three new members to its determinations panel and confirmed Andrew Long is the chairman.