2012

Here it is. The Pensions Regulator's five-step checklist for trustees of what they might need to do to ensure that their scheme is ready to be used for automatic enrolment.

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

Just two FTSE100 firms plan to use NEST as their default pension arrangement for new starters post-2012, research from Towers Watson reveals.

NEST Corporation has appointed chairmen for its employer and member panels.

The Pensions Regulator should encourage smaller employers to explore the defined contribution market to fulfil auto-enrolment duties rather than favour NEST, the Society of Pension Consultants says.

The Pensions Regulator is set to publish guidance on all aspects of employer duties and outline its compliance and enforcement strategy, its fifth Corporate Plan says.

The Pensions Regulator will publish detailed guidance for large employers and intermediaries on compliance with employer duties in May.

The government is asking "the entirely wrong questions" on defined contribution regulatory arbitrage, delegates heard.

HSBC Workplace Retirement Services has linked up with corporate adviser Towergate Financial to provide group personal pensions tailored to small and medium sized businesses.

Government failure to reveal plans for a £140 universal state pension has weakened the coalition's Pensions Bill, leaving it like "Hamlet without the prince", Baroness Hollis says.