Punter Southall

In our end-of-year round-up we asked industry spokespeople to preview the year ahead in pensions.

Simon Davies has been appointed to head up Aon Hewitt's UK defined contribution consulting team in preparation for a boom in DC provision.

The European Commission plans to adopt a "holistic balance sheet" approach to scheme funding rules which will treat sponsor covenants as assets, a consultation reveals.

UK - Narrowing Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index inflation will save schemes switching to CPI just 60p (94c) a week for each scheme member, according to figures.

Narrowing Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index inflation will save schemes switching to CPI just 60p a week for each scheme member, according to figures.

Jonathan Stapleton on trustee codes of conduct

Companies with mid-to-late 2013 auto-enrolment staging dates will pose the biggest challenge to the pensions industry because of a "resource drain", according to Punter Southall.

Un-hedged pension schemes face a 20% increase in deficits if the Bank of England follows the US Federal Reserve's Operation Twist strategy, a consultant warns.

Professional scheme trustees should be "better regulated", according to an independent trustee firm.

Punter Southall has launched a tool to assess the cost implications for employers still undecided on how best to implement auto-enrolment.