Defined Contribution

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%.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has selected Capita for a further three years to continue the roll-out of automatic enrolment (AE) to small and micro employers.

Samsung has introduced a workplace ISA to address the changing savings priorities of its 1400 staff.