Defined Contribution

Steve Webb’s ‘stunning sales pitch’ for guaranteed DC is controversial. Helen Morrissey investigates.

Helen Morrissey questions the pensions minister's latest 'sales pitch'

Government reform is already underway, so why the noise? Rachel Dalton asks

Pensions Buzz contributors were split over what the master trust market will look like in ten years time, or whether it would still exist.

Trust-based defined contribution schemes are still not doing enough to help members shop around for the best annuity, say Buzz contributors.

A majority in the industry believe that consultancy charging in auto-enrolment schemes is not a concern.

Defined contribution schemes have serious defects which must be tackled by employers, government and the pensions industry to help address the nation's ageing population, an influential House of Lords committee warns.

The Pension Trust has appointed Jennifer Anderson as investment officer.

Zurich has launched a master trust to compete in the auto-enrolment space.

The Pensions Regulator has named Andrew Warwick-Thompson as its executive director for defined contribution governance and administration.