Defined Contribution

Pensions minister Steve Webb faced questions in Parliament yesterday over the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) stance on scheme charges.

Mercer is to launch a master trust through its workplace savings platform, offering access to Aegon, Friends Life and Zurich schemes.

NOW Pensions is preparing to split its trustee and commercial boards in order to improve governance.

JLT’s Mark Wood says political enthusiasm for pension charge caps is misguided

Naomi Rainey looks at DC schemes’ growing interest in illiquid assets

Just over half this week's respondents defended the decision by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) not to refer defined contribution (DC) providers to the Competition Commission (CC). Almost three out of ten contributors thought the sector should have been...

Henry Tapper asks why, after 25 years of pension advice, employers are still bewildered

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched a dedicated defined contribution (DC) business for the UK market.

Helen Morrissey talks to pensions minister Steve Webb about auto-enrolment one year on.

Lynne Strongin Dodds examines the options for default funds