Defined Contribution

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.

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.