Defined Contribution

The Treasury Committee has welcomed "transformational" changes to defined contribution (DC) retirement income announced in this year's Budget.

DC lifestyle funds may be out of date in the post-Budget environment. Charlotte Moore looks at solutions for the industry

Prudential has become the latest life company to report severely hit annuity sales in the wake of radical reforms to how people can access their pension.

Naomi Rainey looks at the impact of TPR and ICAEW’s master trust assurance framework

How the cost of the government’s promise of at-retirement advice could be met

The industry wants auto-enrolment minimum contributions to rise and sees auto-escalation as a good way of achieving this

The pension industry is keen to see auto-escalation arrangements put in place to help workers save more, PP research finds.

The industry believes the the minimum auto-enrolment contribution for workers should be set above 6%, according to research carried out by PP.

The pensions industry wants to see a rapid escalation of the minimum employer contribution rate for auto-enrolment, PP research finds.

Pension Quality Mark (PQM) has reinforced the requirements for default investment strategies in a revised standards document published today.