NAPF

New staff in the private sector face "next to no chance" of joining a final-salary pension scheme, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), after a survey suggested the closure of such schemes is accelerating.

A code of conduct on pension charges levied by providers and advisers has been launched to bring consistency to the workplace pension market.

As the UK begins auto-enrolment Helen Morrissey looks at how we can measure whether it is a success or not?

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has hit back at "completely absurd" claims it is watering down its code of conduct on pension charges.

PENSIONS

Two thirds of pension experts believe the government should consider creating a simple default option for annuity purchases.

The industry must automate the decumulation phase of defined contribution schemes, National Association of Pension Funds chief executive Joanne Segars says.

Cash incentives should be offered under "no circumstances" in enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercises, an industry code of conduct warns.

Proposed financial reporting standards would impose an "unjustified level of disclosure" on pension schemes, the National Association of Pension Funds has said.

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