2012

Pensions minister Steve Webb has admitted more than one million additional people would be excluded from automatic enrolment by raising the qualifying level of earnings to £7,475.

The government must be careful about how auto-enrolment feeds into the means-tested system, Society of Pension Consultants president Kevin LeGrand warns.

The findings of the independent review into the operation of auto-enrolment will be released next week, pensions minister Steve Webb confirms.

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Just 27% of private sector employees were active members of work-based pension schemes last year, research shows.

The complex web of regulations governing the 2012 pension reform package poses a threat to businesses and the creation of new jobs, the British Chambers of Commerce warns.

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That the Confederation for British Industry is set to back the key principles behind auto-enrolment and NEST in its submission to the independent review body is telling indeed.

Chairman of the Hedge Funds Standards Board Antonio Borges believes the EU's directive on alternative investment fund managers has come at a bad time, as David Walker reports