The National Employment Savings Trust has finalised its opt-out process ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment later this year.

Small to micro employers will be given a "significant easement" of £1.7bn in the roll-out of auto-enrolment, under government plans to delay both staging and contribution rates.

Government plans to hike the income tax threshold to £9,205 could complicate the roll-out of auto-enrolment, experts have warned.

Low-cost providers have demanded The Pensions Regulator rephrase references to the National Employment Savings Trust in its letters to employers.

Asset managers are set to shake-up the annuity market after weeks of dire predictions about the value of annuities for savers.

Three of the country's largest pension schemes are in talks to join a lawsuit against Lloyds TSB directors for allegedly misleading investors over the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) merger.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of a pensions "apartheid" between the public and private sector if reforms are not pushed through for public sector workers.

Just one in 20 employers intends to use the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) for auto-enrolment, according to Punter Southall research.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted it overestimated the number of workers who will be auto-enrolled by the end of this parliament.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has seen take-up of its Diploma in Employee Benefits and Retirement Savings (DERBS) grow to more than 200 people since its launch in September.