Defined Contribution

Scottish Widows will remove early exit fees across all of its workplace and personal pension policies ahead of the charge cap deadline.

A growing number of businesses are failing to enrol their workers in a company pension scheme on time according to figures from Aviva.

More than 20% of 23 to 36-year-olds are likely to opt out of a workplace pension they have been auto-enrolled into, research by Dunstan Thomas suggests.

AE staging dates are spread across seven years, but small businesses will have very little time to prepare for rate increases. James Phillips reports

Catherine Howarth says schemes need to explore different avenues to help members take ownership of retirement saving.

Over a third of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have already staged for auto-enrolment (AE) are contributing more than the statutory minimum.

As the FCA closes its consultation on improving transparency of costs and charges in pension schemes, James Phillips asks the industry whether the watchdog has the right solution.

PP research finds readers have concerns about how a master trust lifeboat fund would be funded.

The government has been criticised for excluding pensions from a poster which aims to inform the public on the various savings vehicles available.

This week we want to know if there should be a lifeboat fund for master trusts in the event of insolvency and how it should be funded.