Defined Contribution

An increasing number of DC schemes and consultants are expressing dissatisfaction with DGFs. Annabel Tonry explains why investors shouldn't dismiss these funds

Disclosure of investment costs can be achieved without necessarily finding out the true value of implicit costs, Kempen Capital Management argues.

Tony Pugh says employers need to consider a number of factors when assessing delegation options

A total of £12.7bn has been withdrawn from pensions since Freedom and Choice was introduced in April 2015, according to latest HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) statistics.

Henry Tapper says the MAF has failed as a reliable kite mark for scheme quality in selection

Now Pensions has voluntarily withdrawn from the master trust assurance list for auto-enrolment providers as it battles to deal with historic contribution issues.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it will ban early exit charges for savers eligible to access the pension freedoms.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out how it will collect data on how savers are using pension freedoms, with first reports due in September 2018.

Group personal pension schemes negotiated by employers are significantly outperforming personal pension plans, even before differences in fees are taken into account, latest research reveals.

B&CE is writing to employers and members of its EasyBuild stakeholder scheme as part of a plan to transfer the scheme's members to The People's Pension.