Mother of NEST trashes 'pro-industry' pension transfer ban

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Baronness Jeannie Drake, the "mother" of the auto-enrolment and National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) reforms, has told the Work and Pensions Select Committee the ban on transfers into NEST would work against savers.

Drake, who was acting chairman of the trust's predecessor the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority until 2010, said: "[The ban] can only support the industry, it cannot support employees." She also criticised the £3,600 cap on annual contributions to NEST, which, combined with the three month grace period employers have before they must enrol a new worker, will prevent casual workers from building a decent pot, she said. It will add complexity and expense to employers operating more than one scheme, she added. Short service refunds for contract-based schemes, which pensions ministe...

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