Eight in 10 (84%) employers believe their staff may be at risk from pensions scams when April’s pensions freedoms come into effect, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.
Over a fifth (21%) of people planning to retire are not ready to give up working entirely, according to a survey by Prudential.
Small- and medium-sized enterprises are putting off preparing for pensions auto-enrolment until after May’s general election, according to a pensions expert.
Pensions minister Steve Webb has called for the formation of a new government department to deal with all issues affecting pensioners.
Business and policy leaders need to “revolutionise retirement” in the UK to encourage older people to work longer, the government’s older workers champion Ros Altmann has said.
If you are an employer with a contract-based DC pension scheme, the chances are that you will have set up a governance committee to help run and manage it.
More than half a million people are set to transfer from their defined benefit (DB) pensions schemes to embrace flexibility, according to research by Hargreaves Lansdown
Millions of people may not have access to the new pensions freedoms coming into effect in April, according to analysis of the pensions market by pensions consultancy Xafinity.
Research by The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has found that 4.8 million people are at risk of making poor decisions after the government's pension reforms become into effect.
Over a third (34%) of employees will think about planning for retirement sooner as a result of new freedoms, according to research by NEST.
Three-quarters (75%) of employers are noticing an administrative impact of auto-enrolment, according to research from Close Brothers Asset Management.
Over a third (36%) of employees say they want their employer to provide support on retirement planning, given the pensions changes coming into effect on 6 April.