Defined Contribution

PensionBee has announced its intention to float on the high growth segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

An industry co-ordination group has been established to take forward the recommendations of the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP’s) small pension pots working group.

The Smart Pension Master Trust has allocated £100m of its default assets to seed a blended private market illiquids fund being launched by Natixis Investment Managers.

Defined contribution (DC) scheme consolidation could be undone as diseconomies of scale begin to emerge, says PTL managing director Richard Butcher.

Uber has confirmed it will automatically enrol eligible drivers into a qualifying pension scheme following its Supreme Court defeat last month.

James Phillips speaks to Aegon Master Trust trustees Ian Pittaway and Helen Parker about their focuses for the coming year.

Almost half of trustees and pension scheme administrators surveyed by PP say they would not join a collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme.

The government will press ahead with plans to use the “largely untapped pool of capital” in defined contribution (DC) schemes to invest in venture capital and growth equity assets.

Three-quarters of pension scheme members want guidance before drawing down on their pension pot, according to a survey from The People’s Pension.

Defined contribution (DC) chair’s statements need a major re-think as part of the Department for Work and Pensions’ five-yearly statutory review on the rules around scheme governance in 2021, LCP says.