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A fifth of intermediaries in the group pensions market believe they will have fewer customers and earn less because of the RDR, according to a study from ORC International.

Employers view NEST as "largely irrelevant" as most will rely on existing employee pension arrangements after 2012, according to a new study.

The RDR poses a threat to the stream of communication between IFAs, small business owners and their employees on pension schemes, an employee benefits consultant warns.

Just over half of small firms support auto-enrolment but 53% say it will "add significantly to costs", the ACA says.

The National Employment Savings Trust(NEST) will be retained despite a cull of over 177 quangos, a Cabinet Office document says.

Canada Life and the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) are launching a series of free seminars for advisers aimed at growing the group income protection (GIP) market.

Gen Re has backed a community rated income protection (IP) product to compliment state benefits and called on the industry to add its support to the proposal.

Just under half of UK employers will level-down their pension schemes in order to meet the cost of auto-enrolment, a survey from the ACA suggests.

The DWP claims 56% of employers and 64% of eligible individuals support government plans for auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes.

Dominic Fryer, manager of corporate strategy and risk at Friends Provident, explains why advisers should be encouraging the use of workplace savings platforms.