Defined Contribution

What does the future hold for the trust-based governance model?

Automatic-enrolment is creating demand for a new breed of experts according to research from the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

There has been a steady decline in the proportion of FTSE 100 companies offering defined contribution (DC) trust-based schemes, according to Towers Watson.

Hymans Robertson has announced a partnership with Friends Life, Legal & General and Zurich UK Life to deliver its Guided Outcomes (GO) defined contribution platform.

AllianceBernstein has launched a lifetime pension investment strategy to fully integrate the accumulation and decumulation phases of defined contribution schemes.

Master trust providers have called on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to overhaul its general levy - claiming the way it is calculated is unfair and undermines schemes for lower-paid workers.

US financial services giant TIAA-CREF has opened a distribution office in the UK for its asset management business.

Legal & General (L&G) master trust held an annual general meeting (AGM) on 10 September, in what is believed to be a first for the sector.

The People's Pension has become the first occupational defined contribution (DC) master trust to obtain independent assurance under a new framework.

Jonathan Stapleton asks if transparency could help schemes reduce fees