Defined Contribution

The University of St Andrews has appointed NOW Pensions as its auto-enrolment (AE) provider.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will push ahead with its annuity market probe, and investigate if providers' profit margins are ‘high', despite industry murmurings self-regulation goes far enough.

Fewer than one in four major employers say their scheme has a specific ‘decumulation strategy' in place to help retirees get the best annuity, research finds.

Jelf Employee Benefits is extending its annuity offering with the launch of its standalone broking service.

More than half this week's respondents believe the eventual opt out rate for auto-enrolment will be between 10% and 20%.

Standard Life and LEBC haven launched an auto-enrolment (AE) offering for small and medium-sized (SME) employers.

Manchester United and the Football Association (FA) are the latest organisations to be awarded the National Association of Pension Funds' (NAPF) Pensions Quality Mark (PQM).

Natasha Browne explains what needs to change

Continuing pressure to bring down charges could lead to a greater trend towards passive management, Society of Pension Consultants president Roger Mattingly says.

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has set up a defined contribution (DC) sub group in recognition of the continuing shift away from defined benefit (DB) provision.