Defined Contribution
Breakfast Briefing: Engaging DC members
Professional Pensions is holding a breakfast briefing on engaging defined contribution (DC) members on 7 February.
Treasury agrees £330m guarantee for NEST authorisation
HM Treasury has agreed in principle to give NEST a £329m contingent liability guarantee in the event of the master trust's wind up or closure.
Smart Pension absorbs £12.5m Corporate Pensions Trust; Will apply for authorisation 'imminently'
Smart Pension has absorbed more than 6,500 members from the Corporate Pensions Trust (CPT) after its trustees decided not to apply for authorisation.
DC Investment Forum announces chairman and vice-chairwoman
The Defined Contribution Investment Forum (DCIF) has reappointed Vivek Roy as chairman for 2019 following a vote at its annual general meeting last November.
Master trust authorisation: Exiteers v remainers
Late March marks the deadline for master trust authorisation. But how will the new regulatory regime affect those that are remaining in the market and those that decide to exit? Matt Dodds looks at the details.
All we are saying... is give CDC a chance
Darren Philp argues collective defined contribution could really come to life this year if innovation is allowed to thrive.
Why we should be pensions positive in 2019
Despite the gloom around Brexit and all the challenges facing pensions, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Top industry commentators tell Stephanie Baxter why there is cause for optimism
Think tank urges government to cap tax-free lump sums at £40,000
Capping the pension tax-free lump sum at £40,000 would raise £2bn a year for the government, new research by the Resolution Foundation suggests.
Three more master trusts apply for authorisation; L&G confirms submission
Just six of the remaining 49 defined contribution master trusts have applied for authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) since its regime came into force last October.
Adrian Boulding: My pension predictions for 2019
NOW Pensions' director of policy says this will be the year when the net-pay anomaly becomes too awkward to ignore, and predicts LISA will have its own lifetime curtailed
Three-quarters of employers support pensions tax relief reform
Three-quarters of employers would support pensions tax relief changes if they provide more help to lower-paid earners, according to the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).
The digital revolution is coming to fixed income
Fixed-income investing hasn't kept up with the rapid pace of technological innovation in the rest of the financial industry. Alliance Bernstein says that's about to change
Exclusive: Crystal Trust consolidates The Open Pension Trust; applies for authorisation
The £50m Crystal Trust has welcomed 35,000 members from The Open Pension Trust, absorbing £33m of members' assets.
A third of DC members 'expect living standards to decline in retirement'
People in their mid-career aged 35-49 are the most likely to struggle with saving for retirement, according to Aon's 2018 defined contribution (DC) and financial wellbeing member survey.
Scottish Budget income tax decision widens pension tax relief gap
Scottish higher-rate taxpayers will benefit from more pensions tax relief than workers on the same salary anywhere else in the UK as income tax bands continue to diverge.
Check if your scheme is a master trust, TPR urges
Schemes risk breaking the law and being forced to wind up as The Pensions Regulator (TPR) warns some may be master trusts but do not know so.
NEST: The end of AE staging heralds a new focus on outcomes
NEST's director of business development Helen Dowsey speaks to James Phillips about communications, sidecar savings, and retirement products.
New Year's resolution: A diversified growth fund?
In the last of Newton Investment Management's DC columns for the year, Catherine Doyle casts an eye over the past few months and looks to 2019.
DC target date funds - addressing the big issues
AB answers some of the big questions in DC and looks at how TDFs can help improve outcomes for members.
OECD: Target pension tax perks at wealthiest
Tax-based financial incentives for savings are wasted on the lowest paid workers as they may not have the means to contribute more into their pension, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says.
Lessons from Australia: Delivering pensions for the many not the few
Gregg McClymont looks at why not-for-profit DC schemes in Australia have been outperforming their for-profit peers
Majority of master trusts support collaboration to overcome delivery barriers
Some 87% of master trusts support future collaborative efforts to overcome barriers to good service delivery, the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) says.
Net pay issue to widen as AE lower earnings limit rise confirmed
Low earners in net-pay schemes will lose out on more pensions tax relief as the gap between auto-enrolment (AE) qualifying earnings and the personal tax allowance widens.
The future of retirement income solutions
Kim Kaveh gauges industry views on how to improve outcomes through innovation and engagement in the post-freedoms world.
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