BIS consultation ‘Non-economic Regulators: Duty to Have Regard to Growth’ an NAPF response

The NAPF has responded to the BIS consultation on the duty for non-economic regulators and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) to have regard to economic growth.  The NAPF has welcomed the...

NAPF response to the DWP Call for Evidence - Pensions and Growth - Whether to smooth assets and liabilities in scheme funding valuations

The NAPF has responded to the Department of Work and Pensions’ Call for Evidence on Pensions and Growth: whether to smooth assets and liabilities in scheme funding valuations. The NAPF welcomes the call for evidence but does not support the introduction of smoothing as proposed...

NAPF submission to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry: Quantitative Easing

The NAPF welcomes the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry into Quantitative Easing (QE) and the concerns it has voiced about the potential...

Office of National Statistics options for improving the Retail Prices Index consultation – An NAPF response

The NAPF responded to the ONS consultation on the calculation of the RPI and argued that the ONS must ensure the design of the RPI is appropriate in all regards before...

ABI’s annuity rate transparency consultation – an NAPF response

The NAPF has responded to the ABI’s consultation on annuity rate transparency. The NAPF welcomes the consultation and believes...

Lifting the lid on DC pensions - research event 30 Nov 2012

The NAPF held its third and final research event for 2012 on Friday November 30. The event, Lifting the Lid on DC Pensions, had around 60 delegates in attendance, and the programme for the afternoon did not disappoint...

IFS Report - Expectations and experience of retirement in Defined Contribution pensions: a study of older people in England

Together with the ESRC, the NAPF has co-funded the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) to conduct research on the expectations and experiences of...

DB funding: A call to action

Pension scheme funding is being severely affected by current economic conditions, not least by historically low gilt yields used to...

Defining Ambition: Views from the industry on achieving risk sharing

This is the first in a series of research publications by the NAPF designed to promote discussion and debate about some of the key pension...

Workplace Pensions Survey an NAPF survey October 2012

The NAPF Workplace Pension Survey tracks the opinions of people in employment on pensions, and in particular assesses their...

Telling Employers about DC Pension Charges: Research Conducted by IFF for NAPF and B&CE

As automatic enrolment begins on October 1, 2012 and as part of the consultation on the Charges Code of Conduct, the NAPF and provider of the Peoples Pension, B&CE commissioned IFF to...

Small pots, big opportunities? – NAPF event 17th May 2012

On 17 May, the NAPF in conjunction with the Institute for Fiscal Studies held an event discussing the prevalence of small pots, issues around transfers and potential policy solutions...

Better Regulation – Responding to the Red Tape Challenge: An NAPF call for evidence

Defined contribution pensions and small pots on the eve of automatic enrolment

As part of a Co-Investment proposal with the Economic and Social Research Council, the NAPF asked the Institute for Fiscal Studies to carry out analysis of holdings of DC pensions and small pots...

Employers and 2012 auto-enrolment March 2012

New evidence on employers’ preparations for auto-enrolment, collected alongside the NAPF’s Annual Survey 2011, shows that...

Exceptional times, exceptional measures: economic developments and the impact on pension schemes and members – March 2012

The briefing paper ‘Exceptional times, exceptional measures?’ updates the NAPF’s analysis of the impacts of Quantitative Easing and...

NAPF workplace pensions survey – March 2012

The NAPF Workplace Pension Survey tracks the opinions of the general public on pensions, and in particular assesses confidence in pensions and...

Treating DC scheme members fairly in retirement research report

Treating DC scheme members fairly?, sponsored by the NAPF and the Pensions Institute, is an investigation into current practice around governance at retirement and the operation of the annuities market...

Finance Directors - the New Centres of Influence

The NAPF supported research by Spence Johnson about the role of the Finance Director (FD) in pensions. The report, New Centres of Influence, finds that...

NAPF Annual Survey 2011

The NAPF Annual Survey provides an overview of the key indicators of workplace pensions including contribution rates, benefits, scheme...

Quantitative Easing: the pension scheme perspective

The NAPF has written to the Pensions Regulator highlighting concerns around the impact of the Bank of England’s recent announcement on Quantitative Easing (QE). This paper sets out the...

Occupational pension schemes (Contracting out and modification of schemes) (Amendment) regulations DWP consultation an NAPF response – November 2011

The NAPF has called on the Government to hold the rate of fixed rate revaluation of GMPs for early leavers...

Pensions workplace survey 2011 - findings summary

The NAPF’s yearly autumn confidence survey shows that 48% of working adults said that, compared to other ways of saving, they...

Pension funds' engagement with companies survey 2010

The findings of the NAPF’s sixth annual survey of pension funds’ engagement with companies...

Understanding engagement and transparency an Ipsos Mori report on behalf of the NAPF September 2011

The NAPF commissioned qualitative research from Ipsos MORI following from the publication of the final report of the Workplace Retirement Income Commission. The research explored...

Happiness in retirement survey

Findings from a survey where we asked employees for their views on what they thought would make them happy in retirement...

Workplace pensions survey 2010

The findings from the sixth NAPF Workplace Pension Survey...

Finance directors and pensions: A view from the boardroom

Survey of finance directors on pension issues ...

HR managers views on pensions

Survey of HR professionals on pension issues ...