Trustnet Magazine Issue 12 November 2015 | Page 6

MONEY AUTO-ENROLMENT ON DEAF EARS Anthony Luzio finds out why people are ignoring the warnings and opting out of pensions following auto-enrolment T he auto-enrolment scheme was introduced in 2012 in order to address the pensions timebomb in the UK, but research from BlackRock shows the average pension pot is still just £50k, which equates to a monthly income of only £163 a month. Despite the fact that all UK companies of 30 people or more must now automatically enrol their employees in a pensions scheme, d