Defined Contribution

Compulsory training and more time off are the best ways make sure all member-nominated trustees have the knowledge required to do the job, say PP readers.

Charlotte Moore looks at whether auto-escalation could be used to boost retirement savings

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has been appointed to provide an investment platform and defined contribution (DC) funds by Towers Watson's LifeSight master trust.

Taxpayers, the state and retirees have an uncertain future because of the ‘freedom and choice' policy introduced in April, according to research.

Almost one in eight calls to Fidelity's Retirement Service in October was from people enquiring about how to use their defined benefit (DB) pots following the April pension freedoms.

'Sensible' approach as smaller pots taken as cash and larger pots used for income, data suggests

How TPR is helping schemes meet its governance targets

Research from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) highlighted major gaps in trustee knowledge. Here are five key findings.

Half of schemes with non-professional trustees do not believe all of these trustees have knowledge levels meeting the standard in the regulator's code of practice.

The latest DWP campaign on auto-enrolment has drawn strong criticism from the industry but Helen Morrissey wonders if it might work.