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The majority of schemes do not intend to carry out any exercises to control longevity risk over the next two years.

Six out of 10 respondents said employers were generally failing to make sufficient provisions for ill-health retirement when closing DB schemes.

The question of whether the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) pot follows member plans could be delivered without eating into pots split the Buzz audience.

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Around two thirds of participants said contract scheme providers should be allowed to move members' money out of underperforming funds without consent under some circumstances.

Almost half of participants feel the drive for low charges poses no risk to competition or bar new entrants to the market.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of respondents answered this question with a resounding ‘no'.

Buzz respondents were not in any way convinced that solvency requirements from Europe are dead and buried; just under 60% thought the requirements will be back in one form or another.

Uncharacteristically, the Buzz participants were unsure about this issue, with more than half answering that they did not know.