Defined Contribution

The Railways Pension Scheme has been awarded the Pension Quality Mark (PQM) Ready standard for its Industry Wide Defined Contribution (IWDC) section for the fourth year running.

The pension knowledge gap of younger savers is bigger than previously thought and is affecting their potential retirement funds, research from Jelf Employee Benefits finds.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed auto-enrolment (AE) contribution rate rises will be delayed until April 2018.

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is calling for a ‘bottom-up' approach to savings to help savers get better outcomes in retirement.

Trustees will soon need to comply with the regulator's updated DC framework, but drafts of the final code have left them considering the future of their schemes. James Phillips reports

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation into the future of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Savers in defined contribution (DC) schemes will benefit from Brexit if their investments are truly diversified, says SEI's Ashish Kapur.

Registration for this year's Professional Pensions Defined Contribution Conference - to be held in London on 7 September - is open.

Defined contribution (DC) schemes need to take a lead from defined benefit (DB) counterparts when looking to include illiquid assets.

Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has pledged to work on net pay arrangements (NPA) that cut lower earners' pension contributions by up to 25%.