Defined Contribution

Nest has designed a model project management plan to guide customisation of the bulk transfers process for individual employers’ requirements.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has launched its seventh annual defined contribution (DC) Assets Allocation survey.

Workplace savings fintech Cushon has closed an overall funding round of £26m to finance “rapid expansion plans” and acquired the scheme funder of the Workers Pension Trust (WPT).

LifeSight Master Trust has onboarded 2,500 members and £125m in defined contribution (DC) scheme assets after taking on the pension provision for Ricardo.

Flat fees will be banned on pensions worth below £100 in a bid to end the erosion of small pots, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Scottish Widows has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that performance fees should not be allowed in defined contribution (DC) pension defaults.

In a webinar held in April, PP’s expert panel discussed how DC investment strategies have delivered through the Covid-19 pandemic

The Mercer Master Trust, Standard Life, and Intelliflo have achieved overall ‘gold’ standard awards in Benefits Guru’s inaugural open finance ratings for workplace pension providers.

William Chan says, if all the constraints underlying the UK DC market are cleared, there is no reason why the UK DC market cannot follow other parts of the world in private market allocations.

Nearly eight in ten employees have a workplace pension today compared to less than half of people when auto-enrolment (AE) was introduced in 2012, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).