DC Think Tank
Auto-enrolment
NAPF: Young opt-ins biggest auto-enrolment surprise
Pensions Week Employees too young to be auto-enrolled have been a notable group opting in to workplace saving, the NAPF has reported, calling it one of the most interesting aspects of auto-enrolment so far.
300,000 sign up to workplace schemes
FT Adviser Data from the regulator, up to the end of March 2013, showed 84 businesses representing more than 2m workers have now completed their registration process as required by the auto-enrolment regulations.
HMRC: Consultants must charge VAT on contract-based DC advice
Professional Pensions: Advisers setting up group personal pensions (GPPs) must add VAT to the charges they levy on employers, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.
Zurich secures Johnston Press as first master trust client
Professional Pensions: Zurich has secured its first master trust client, with publisher Johnston Press signing up to the multi-employer auto-enrolment proposition
Auto-enrolment figures better than expected for government
CityAM: Fewer employees decided to opt out of the government’s flagship pensions auto-enrolment scheme than expected, research out yesterday revealed
DC Design
Industry clamours for DA detail as contracting out end moves to 2016
Professional Pensions: The industry has called on pensions minister Steve Webb to publish guidance on defined ambition schemes as the abolition of contracting out has been moved from 2017 to 2016.
Adecco rejigs pensions for auto-enrolment
Employee Benefits Adecco UK and Ireland is to harmonise a series of pension arrangements, introduce a multi-employer trust for its weekly-paid staff and a group personal pension (GPP) plan for its monthly-paid staff to comply with its auto-enrolment duties.
Employers must ensure best pension option
Financial Times: Companies will have to ensure that their employees choose the most appropriate savings options when they are automatically enrolled in a pension scheme, under proposals from the UK Pensions Regulator.
NAPF restructures councils to focus on DC
Professional Pensions: The National Association of Pension Funds has restructured its two main policy-making councils to increase its focus on defined contribution.
Govt floats DC pension lifeboat fund to offer guarantees
Money Marketing The Government is considering creating a levy-financed lifeboat fund to provide a form of guarantee for members of defined-contribution pension schemes
Latest white papers
- How will the DC industry react if savers plump for social investment funds?
F&C's latest white paper - Small pots and the aggregation of marginal gains
Capita's latest white paper - PUMP schemes and the opportunity for defined ambition
Capita's latest white paper - Is it the end for lay trustees?
Changing needs - The case for cash balance
An underrated design - DC governance post-auto-enrolment
The final frontier - The decumulation process – dealing with uncertainty
It’s not over, ‘till it’s over: The journey to retirement - Is auto-enrolment unsinkable?
What icebergs will the good ship auto-enrolment encounter as it sets off on its maiden voyage? - The challenge of communication
How important is technology to pension scheme members? - Generation Y – Fix up, look sharp!
The key to successfully reaching generation Y - To hub or not to hub?
Payroll providers will play a vital role in the successful implementation of auto-enrolment, says Martin Freeman - Defining aspirations
Malcolm Delahaye, director of Supertrust UK explains the key characteristics of managed DC
