Reports

NEST and the UK’s automatic enrolment programme are one of the world’s largest ever applications of the emerging science of behavioural economics. Such ‘nudge’...

Since its launch in June 2016, NEST Insight has already begun work on a number of research projects. Pension reform archive University of Birmingham and...

NEST Insight has today, 18 September 2017, published a discussion paper, Liquidity and sidecar savings (PDF). The paper sets how, thanks to auto enrolment, millions...

As explained in a separate post, NEST Insight is working in partnership with Maastricht University to understand the beliefs and attitudes that motivate people...

There’s been a welcome renewed focus recently on how to address the lack of long-term saving among those outside of traditional employment: the self-employed,...

In recent years a behavioural revolution has turned the pensions sector on its head. Around the world, governments and employers are switching the default...

The initiative will identify and learn from parallels between financial security challenges in the US and UK. The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, based in...

Encouraging retirement saving has been rich territory for applying behavioural approaches to public policy. Most research and policy interventions around retirement have focused on...

We’re working with Maastricht University to deliver a wide-ranging research programme into the drivers of engagement in pensions. This project is funded by a...

How much is enough? NEST Insight is looking for solutions to a central challenge when it comes to retirement savings: how much is enough? If...