With The Pensions Commission due to report in early 2027 and the Pensions Schemes Act 2025 having passed into legislation there will be key compliance challenges facing employers in the near future. From tighter regulatory scrutiny on automatic enrolment to changes to salary sacrifice. For senior reward and benefits leaders, these forces intersect with core business objectives: managing cost and risk while delivering a workplace pension that attracts, retains and motivates talent.
This webinar will examine how compliance versus member outcomes are shaping pensions strategy today and how organisations can intentionally set priorities and trade-offs. We’ll examine programme design levers such as default funds, lifestyle approaches, salary sacrifice design and targeted financial guidance alongside engagement tactics that move members from inertia to action.
The expert panel will bring real-world insight into how they are navigating competing priorities in practice. They will share the key risks they are seeing from compliance gaps and rising regulatory intervention, to disengaged members and ineffective default pathways alongside practical strategies to improve outcomes.
Key discussion points:
- Compliance risk is rising: Why auto-enrolment failures are increasing and where employers are most exposed
- Salary sacrifice design: What actions are employers taking
- Matching with provider partners: Common outsourcing failures to avoid
- Default fund strategies under scrutiny: Are current growth and lifestyling approaches still fit for purpose?
- The engagement gap: Why tools and communications alone aren’t changing behaviour
- From guidance to action: When should employers introduce more targeted support and guidance to improve outcomes?
- Cost vs value decisions: How to balance cost pressures with the need to invest in member outcomes and long-term workforce sustainability
- Redefining employer responsibility: Where the line now sits between compliance, guidance and supporting employees’ financial futures
Thank you to our strategic partner Secondsight for supporting this REBA webinar
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