Defined Contribution

Taha Lokhandwala explores the implications of Steve Webb’s decision to keep NEST limits in place for four more years

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has revealed concerns about charging, governance and scale in workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes.

NOW Pensions’ Morten Nilsson says fund choice is a false choice

Rachel Dalton says the agonising over the state of DC will last for months

Rachel Dalton outlines the essential changes to TPR’s code of conduct on defined contribution

Hargreaves Lansdown looks at five common auto-enrolment mistakes and solutions

This week respondents explain why contract-based schemes need an extra layer of governance, dispute the link between asset management fees and performance, and say the industry should stop moaning about pot follows member.

The majority of respondents think it is time to stop whinging about pot follows members and get on with it, but a third thinks that if the industry is going to be dragged down that road it should go kicking and screaming.

Pensions Buzz respondents have thrown their respective bulk behind calls for an extra layer of governance in contract-based schemes.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has laid before Parliament a "shorter and clearer" code of conduct on trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes.