Defined Contribution

The Pensions Policy Institute has published a report looking at potential outcomes of increasing auto-enrollment contributions. Kim Kaveh explores the data.

Royal London has updated its wake-up pack strategy for pension clients and will now get in touch a full five years before a saver's scheduled retirement date.

Redington has appointed Natalie Flood and Jonathan Parker as part of wider plans to grow its defined benefit (DC) business.

In this week's Pensions Buzz we want to know if you think Frank Field, chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, is a good thing for pensions.

The industry has been calling for some sort of alternative to defined benefit (DB) schemes for as long as I can remember - saying such arrangements could provide a third way between DB and defined contribution (DC) schemes.

Some 54% of savers are 'very' or 'fairly' confident their retired income will provide their desired standard of living, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

The aggregate total private pension wealth of all households in the UK in July 2014 to June 2016 increased to £5.3trn, according to the Office for National statistics (ONS).

Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have agreed in principal to work towards introducing a collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme for all employees.

Graham Vidler says government and industry have the perfect opportunity to deliver a consistent message about the value of saving for retirement

Defined contribution schemes face a whole raft of challenges in 2018. Kim Kaveh looks at how they should be approached