Whitbread minimises AE staff education
With auto-enrolment looming, Pippa Stephens looks at Costa Coffee owner Whitbread's unorthodox approach to member engagement
Countdown to manage PPF levy changes
The PPF's Chris Collins sets out the main changes to its annual levy and how schemes need to prepare ahead of next month's deadline
Webb on AE challenges for medium schemes
Video: Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses with Ian Smith the auto-enrolment delays and what should be top of the agenda for medium-sized employers (5:39)
USS offers members three options to limit tax bill
A multi-employer university pension scheme has offered its members three ways to limit the impact of the tax relief changes. Ian Smith analyses its offer
Countdown to improve admin with end of contracting out
With the abolition of contracting out on DC schemes just two months away, Anna Lyudvig looks at how schemes can use the reform to improve their administration
sX Review: Time to deal with GMP 'nightmare'
Eversheds' Jeremy Goodwin and Kenneth Donaldson of Capita Hartshead discuss with Ian Smith how schemes can limit the cost of GMP equalisation (6:19)
How to avoid paying section 75 debt
A change in legislation means it is now possible for employers to exit multi-employer schemes without triggering a debt. TLT’s Sasha Butterworth explains how
Tui starts early to control PPF levy cost
As the Tui pension scheme works ahead of time to certify its contingent asset and reduce its PPF levy, Ian Smith and Anna Lyudvig analyse the process
Video: End of inflation uprating too late – NAPF
NAPF chairman Mark Hyde Harrison tells Ian Smith why an end to DB inflation protection would be welcome, but too late for many, and what schemes should focus on this year (5:09)
How to insulate DC assets from insolvency risk
Amid a slew of insolvency cases, Pippa Stephens looks at how DC schemes can avoid being faced with DB debt

