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Turmoil in EM has led many investors to withdraw funds. Charlotte Moore asks if long-term prospects are any better

The majority of Buzz respondents favoured keeping the lifetime allowance (LTA).

The majority of respondents were not in favour of making income drawdown the default option at retirement for defined contribution (DC) members.

A growing proportion of the industry wants the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to revisit its decision to pursue pot follows member to aggregate small pots.

Buzz respondents decisively rejected the idea of increasing the age threshold for auto-enrolment (AE).

Buzz respondents were generally supportive of the decision to delay the introduction of a charge cap on workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes.

Nine out of 10 respondents said public sector schemes would still be with us in a decade, although the majority of those thought they would be significantly changed.

Buzz respondents were not generally against underfunded schemes pursuing liability driven investment (LDI) strategies.

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).