The cost of running a defined benefit (DB) scheme is preventing firms from investing, according to research carried out by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Jack Jones looks at the findings from the CBI’s biennial pensions survey
The National Association of Pension Funds' (NAPF) call to increase auto-enrolment (AE) contributions is "deeply misguided", the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) says.
Business secretary Vince Cable has launched a review which will seek to simplify and clarify employment rights for employers and their staff.
The CBI's Neil Carberry calls for pensions stability
The Confederation of British Industry has called on the government to allow employers time to adapt to pension reform before introducing any more new measures.
The Pensions Regulator has urged trustees to be more flexible when agreeing deficit recovery plans in its annual funding statement.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been criticised over its plan to ban short service refunds before putting in place an automatic transfer system.
UK defined benefit sponsors would have to pump €527bn (£448bn) into schemes to meet funding requirements proposed by the European Commission, says the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.