National Employment Savings Trust

NEST Corporation chief executive Tim Jones has admitted he does not like the restrictions placed on the National Employment Savings Trust by the government.

Andrew Short looks at schemes' increasing involvement in shareholder activism, led by the revolt against News Corp, and asks if it is just the larger schemes that can engage on this issue

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Large-scale, collective private sector schemes should be set up in competition to NEST - allowing companies to offer DC without running their own scheme, the incoming chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Almost one third of the UK's largest companies are planning to use expensive and ill-suited pension provision to comply with employer duties, according to Hymans Robertson.

Employers cannot afford to ignore the global trend towards corporate wraps if they want to remain relevant to their work- force, Tor Financial managing director David Harris warns.

Winning over 20-somethings sceptical about contributing to a pension will be the key to ensuring auto-enrolment succeeds, Steve Webb says.

Andrew Short questions whether the web alone is sufficient to reach an apathetic population and how social media can help boost member engagement.

The National Employment Savings Trust is heading for a capacity "car crash" as under-prepared employers cause a last minute stampede for auto-enrolment products, warns Hymans Robertson.