All auto-enrolment articles
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News
Spring Budget was lost opportunity to focus on auto-enrolment, say schemes
There are still no details over a timeline for the introduction of changes
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News
Removing age and earning thresholds could help close UK gender pension gap
Research from NOW: Pensions and PPI found that women retire with an average pension savings of £69,000, compared to £205,000 for men
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News
Auto-enrolment changes could add £105bn to young adults’ pensions
People’s Partnership has called for cross-party agreement with the support of key unions and trade bodies, on a timeline for implementing auto-enrolment reforms
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News
UK pensions industry raises concerns over ‘Pot for Life’ proposals
LCP said the proposal represents a ‘major distraction’ from more urgent initiatives
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Country Report
Poland’s pension online dashboard takes shape
Wider access to personal financial information is a step in a good direction – but will savers appreciate it?
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Country Report
CEE country report 2024: Poland’s auto-enrolment system - five years on
Slow but steady progress in auto enrolment is driving growth in workplace pension assets and membership
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News
UK pensions industry hesitant about ‘pot for life’ proposals
Pension providers will inevitably seek to ‘cherry pick’ high earners, while ordinary savers get left behind, says LCP
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News
UK industry awaits new pensions minister as Laura Trott takes Treasury role
Laura Trott held the post of UK pensions minister since November 2022
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Opinion Pieces
Ireland – future pensions tiger
Ireland stands a few policy steps away from the creation of a serious first and second-pillar pensions architecture that will improve the country’s international standing in terms of retirement provision.
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Opinion Pieces
Irish pensions auto-enrolment is a worthy challenge
Irish citizens are set to get a retirement boost following the government’s decision to implement its auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme in 2024. That is, if all goes to plan. Under the proposed scheme, which has been a topic of debate in Irish politics for at least 15 years, employees will have access to a workplace pension savings scheme that is co-funded by their employer and the state.
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Features
Research: Pension funds stabilise EU financial markets in good times and bad
A recent study investigated the potential stabilising role of pension funds in financial markets in the European Union from 2001 to 2017
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News
The People’s Partnership prepares to reform workplace proposition
It will start to price at a scheme level and has already started to reform its bulk transfer capabilities with a new specialist team
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News
UK automatic enrolment extension bill granted Royal Assent
It will ‘dramatically improve financial resilience in retirement for young people, women and lower earners,’ says DWP
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Special Report
UK: Encouraging UK growth through consolidation
The UK government is pursuing plans to leverage pension assets to boost economic growth while generating best returns for members
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Special Report
Ireland: All systems go for national auto-enrolment
Irish government aims to launch auto-enrolment retirement system in 2024
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News
LifeSight reaches €2bn AUM in Ireland ahead of auto-enrolment arrival
’Employers are preparing for big reforms around pensions, with the expected arrival of auto-enrolment early next year’
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News
UK roundup: DB scheme transfers see significant fall in quotations
Plus: PLSA recommends policy measures to reduce risk of over-saving; Smart Pension partners with Punter Southall
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Opinion Pieces
Lessons learned from Berlusconi’s pension reforms
To some, the death of Silvio Berlusconi on 12 June this year, is the end of an era for Italian politics. Berlusconi was the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the republic and a highly controversial figure, at home and abroad. He can be described as the first modern European populist leader.
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News
Ireland moves step closer to auto-enrolment setup
There will be a separate tender for investment services later in the year
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News
UK master trusts don’t survey members on risk appetite
‘Risk considerations are not driven by member views but by expert opinion,’ says Hymans Robertson