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Hackney fines employers to improve admin

The multi-employer scheme has been charging sponsors to encourage more accurate and timely data collection, improving scheme performance and cutting cost

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Pensions Trust saves £1m by renegotiating fund fees

The multi-employer charity plan reduced its fund management fees by 6.5% last year, and consultants claim other schemes could save up to 25% through renegotiating management charges

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Tesco consults with unions to reduce costs

The retail giant's scheme is consulting with trade unions on changes to its retirement age and indexation, in an attempt to achieve member consent for these savings

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Co-op consultation ups member contributions by a third

The UK's largest mutual has boosted the amount of money in its scheme, and avoided a potential £50,000 fine, as a result of a widespread consultation on increasing employee contributions

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IBM revamps DC default to improve flexibility

IBM is offering greater flexibility to members in their investment choices, with higher and lower risk decumulation strategies available from May

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Whitbread minimises AE staff education

With auto-enrolment looming, Pippa Stephens looks at Costa Coffee owner Whitbread's unorthodox approach to member engagement

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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

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Five lessons for controlling cost from 2011

Owen Walker looks back over a year of schemeXpert.com reports to find the top five tips for controlling costs

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Why 83% of Arup members make max contributions

Since setting up a contract-based DC scheme last year, Arup has seen 83% of its members make maximum contributions. Owen Walker discovers how

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Thomas Miller confronts volatility with DC default design

Owen Walker discovers how the Thomas Miller pension scheme introduced absolute return funds to its defined contribution (DC) default option to provide members with a better savings experience

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