This document provides the preliminary results of the quantitative impact study (QIS) conducted by EIOPA on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs). EIOPA intends to publish the final report in mid 2013.

Capita’s Helen Duncan looks at how completely automated middleware can make life easier for your business.

Birthstar’s Henry Cobbe explains why it’s worth considering Target Date Funds for your auto-enrolment solution.

Whether you are embarking on a big project like auto enrolment, or looking to overhaul your annual benefit statements, getting the communications right can make all the difference. Trustees and pension scheme managers alike understand how much effort goes into providing (and paying for) high quality

In this guide, you will find everything you need to design your de-risking plan, to ensure it can accommodate positive and negative events in future and to decide how to structure your operational model to deliver on this plan. The aim is to be practical, so there are key questions to ask yourself

This biennial survey was conducted by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) in July/August 2012 for online completion by 4 August 2012 and was broadcast to 20,000 of the UK’s smaller firms with 250 or fewer employees, selected on a random basis. Responses were received from 541 firms. This

Auto-enrolment will deliver a company pension scheme for all; however, it will also deliver a mass of additional administrative tasks that will place a strain on both your HR administrative resource and the systems you use to manage this.

New reporting requirements are inevitable with the introduction of new regulations, as the Regulator has to ensure compliance with the new rules. So what will you be required to provide when auto-enrolment goes live in October 2012?

You may well be well-practised in the procurement of employee benefits advisers to help you in the provision of services to your workforce. However, auto-enrolment is changing the market completely, so what else do you need to know from them and what information do you need to get from any meetings

Before you can consider what is the right auto-enrolment scheme for you, you need to fully understand your requirements and what impact they will have on your business. We recommend that, due to the size of the change and the additional requirements, you should begin this process by identifying your