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The much urged industry ideal of pensions being taught at school will be part of “a settlement” between government departments by 2015, Iain Duncan Smith has revealed.

“Pot follows member” will not work without lifting the restriction to allow transfers into NEST, according to employer group the Institute of Directors.

Shepherd Neame will use a 100% equity portfolio for the whole growth phase of its auto enrolment default strategy, with diversified products for decumulation.

Private savings have grown dramatically as a proportion of UK retirement income compared to the state pension in the past 30 years, research shows.

Record numbers of over 65s in work show employers need to develop better pension arrangements to allow subsequent generations to retire, business groups claim.

Sponsor engagement with sophisticated investment strategies is improving, but cost and member engagement remain stumbling blocks for many employers, research shows.

Banks are turning small businesses down for loans because they cannot provide evidence of auto-enrolment planning.

The UK's multi-employer defined contribution scheme National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) has reduced its growth phase fund's exposure to conventional gilts to just 2%, following months of negative real returns.

Former National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chairman Lindsay Tomlinson will step down from the organisation’s board following its AGM in October.

Smaller UK employers with trust based DC plans will struggle to meet the Pensions Regulator’s trustee disclosure requirements, City lawyers warn.

UK employers should bang the drum about their pension benefits, whether defined benefit (DB) or defined contribution (DC), as new Aegon research reveals a direct link between confidence about retirement prospects and employee commitment.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has  unearthed further evidence of the accountancy sector failing to prepare for the challenge of auto enrolling employees at smaller firms.

The Institute of Directors expects a reverse paternalism among employees, aware of the costs of auto enrolment to their employer, to drive an increase in auto enrolment opt out rates.

A single regulator to oversee both defined contribution and  defined benefit pensions would be welcomed if it could successfully simplify rules governing DC pensions, according to Malcolm Small, senior adviser, pensions policy at the Institute of Directors (IOD).

Talks on whether Gala Coral should close its final salary scheme and move workers on to its defined contribution  (DC) stakeholder plan are due to end in just over a month.

Self-employed people could save more towards their retirement if they were exempted from paying National Insurance.

UK workers’ are not considering the effect of inflation when planning their retirement, according to research from Scottish Widows.

Infrastructure investment is set to remain the preserve of larger DC providers, according to an expert at ING Investment Management (ING IM).

Ladbrokes has prioritised employees making an “informed choice” on whether auto enrolment is right for them rather than keeping its auto enrolment opt out rate as low as possible.

The growth of UK DC assets will create a demand for DGF ‘blends’, to reduce the risk in default funds, sponsors are claiming.