AE review: Standard Life's Jenkins to chair advisory group

'The behavioural nudge works'

Tom Ellis
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Standard Life head of pensions strategy Jamie Jenkins is one of three people to chair the advisory group responsible for reviewing the success of auto-enrolment (AE).

The three panel chairs, which also include Peoples' Pension trustee director Ruston Smith and Pensions Policy Institute director Chris Curry, will consider the coverage, engagement and contribution levels achieved by the policy. The government's wideranging review, which launched on 12 December, will look to ensure workplace pensions continue to meet the needs of both savers and employers while remaining "fair, affordable and sustainable for future generations", it said. The advisory group will submit their advice to the Department of Work & Pensions, which will reflect the group's vi...

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