occupational pensions

Most workers will choose not to opt out of auto-enrolment when it comes into force from 2012, an Aviva report suggests.

Chief executives of the UK's largest companies will receive official notification of their auto-enrolment responsibilities from The Pensions Regulator this week.

Draft guidance on auto-enrolment certification does not clarify nuances around salary sacrifice and opt-out inducements, leaving some employees in a "netherworld", a lawyer said.

The FSA has proposed to collect and monitor data on how much advisers charge for advice on group personal pensions (GPPs).

In this video, NEST gets into time travel as it explains auto-enrolment to IFAs.

The Treasury will not use tax incentives to encourage more workplace saving for retirement, Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargeaves Lansdown said.

The Pensions Bill has moved to the House of Commons with one additional amendment: to strengthen the regulatory framework of the alternative certification model.

The government must create financial incentives to use ISAs such as a National Insurance (NI) break, according to Hymans Robertson.

Employers are lagging behind government policy on auto-enrolment into workplace pensions and it will be difficult to enforce their compliance, experts warn.

Prudential has won its High Court dispute with members of its pension scheme over changing the basis on which it granted discretionary increases to pensions in payment.