Defined Contribution

Towers Watson research says trust schemes cost members less. Jack Jones analyses

Buzz contributors were not wholly convinced that defined contribution members in the UK would benefit from moving to large scale collective saving.

Majority of employers say poor retirement savings, as a result of defined contribution schemes, will lead to an inability for them to take on younger employees and graduates, research from Hymans Robertson shows.

Hymans Robertson has launched a defined contribution (DC) offering called Guided Outcomes (GO), which focuses on retirement income replacement rates rather than pot size.

Naomi Rainey on the benefits of diversification

Helm Godfrey has launched a multi-employer, auto-enrolment compliant pension scheme for the film industry.

Almost half this week's contributors backed the use of lifestyling in DC schemes, while just over a quarter said it did not ultimately help savers. Some cautious supporters suggested it was better to say the technique reduced the chances of members getting...

The government should prescribe the method of charging for pension schemes for the industry, master trust provider B&CE says.

Hannah Brenton says young people's aversion to saving is not down to apathy

Contractually enrolling staff into a scheme does not relieve employers of their statutory auto-enrolment duties, consultants have warned.