Analysis

Hannah Brenton looks at the DWP's plans for an 'automatic transfer' system for small pots

Jack Jones looks at the impact of changes to the Takeover Code designed to give trustees more power over mergers and acquisitions

The Chancellor has intervened in the financial transaction tax row, challenging the proposal in court. Hannah Brenton analyses

Four out of five respondents believe tax relief in its current form is an effective incentive to save. Many commentators suggested it was the only thing that encouraged people to lock their money away in long-term saving vehicles.

Almost six out of ten respondents thought defined contribution schemes could make better use of alternative assets, while just one in twenty disagreed. But many respondents admitted to being unsure of exactly how schemes could make these funds available...

More than half of Buzz respondents were concerned that service level agreements used to monitor the performance of third-party administrators focused too heavily on response times. But a quarter of contributors were happy with how SLAs were used.

Buzz respondents are far from optimistic that the long hoped for rally in gilt yields will happen this year. Just one in fifty contributors believes yields will rise significantly in 2013 while the majority think they will remain steady.

The majority of contributors said schemes they know of intended to cut their UK equity allocations. Just one in five respondents said this was not the case.

The industry has given the DWP plenty of food for thought on amending disclosure regulations. Taha Lokhandwala reports

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