National Employment Savings Trust

Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges faced by employers as the UK prepares for auto-enrolment

In February 2011 Danish pension fund ATP announced it was considering entering the UK market with an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). Helen Morrissey talks to ATP's Morten Nilsson about the decision

The UK public is still in the dark over the National Employment Savings Trust just a year before it is due to launch, a PP poll has found.

A £1.3bn plumbers' pension scheme is urging Steve Webb to ditch plans to scrap contracting-out rebates because it will put it into direct competition with NEST.

Charges levied by the National Employment Savings Trust are too high and need to be reduced to fulfil its low cost obligations, the Confederation of British Industry says.

The government could be forced to subsidise the National Employment Savings Trust to the tune of £379m, European Commission documents show.

Strong de-risking demand from UK pension funds drove a 36% increase in Legal & General Asset Management's liability driven investment funds last year, results show.

Corporate schemes must increase transparency and demand more responsible investing from their asset managers to keep pace with pension funds outside the UK, UKSIF says.

The National Employment Savings Trust has launched a search for annuity providers to sit on a panel offering retirement income to members.

Public sector pensions are "Madoff-style pyramids" which should switch wholly to a defined contribution framework to mirror the private sector, a radical report says.