Defined Contribution

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.

High and opaque charges are harming savers with defined contribution pension schemes, according to the Financial Services Consumer Panel.

Attaching guarantees to DC pensions could have a detrimental effect on investment returns according to a World Bank pension expert.

Defined contribution schemes are conflating the needs of young and old members and must create separate instruments for each group's needs, delegates heard.

Aviva suffered a loss of £3bn in 2012 due to a £3.3bn writedown from the sale of its US business last year.

The Department for Work and Pensions must monitor the overall rate of participation in auto-enrolment rather than focusing on opt-out rates, providers have warned.

Defined contribution default strategies within FTSE100 and FTSE250 firms have not diversified away from pure equity exposure, Schroders research says.

Insurance giant Legal & General has reported increased operating profit of £1,087m following double digit sales growth.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said auto-enrolment is making good progress but pensions minster Steve Webb wants to ‘manage expectations' before early opt-out rates are published.