Defined Contribution

The small pots working group has made a number of recommendations on how to tackle the growth of deferred members with small pension pots within the AE pensions market – urging the government and industry to take action to enable large-scale mass transfers....

Girish Menezes looks at whether the two-page simpler annual statement is effective at giving members the detail they need

MFS outlines the UK results of from its most recent DC survey and examines the implications for the UK retirement market

Substantial engagement from pension scheme members on ESG has not been matched by strategic change in defined contribution (DC) schemes, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) says.

Everyone wants VFM—but what represents value, and for whom?

Britons generally have a lower risk tolerance than Americans, Canadians, and Australians, and would give up some or significant returns to invest with their personal values, according to MFS Investment Management research.

Around 5,000 Thermo Fisher Scientific UK pension scheme members have joined Aegon Master Trust, with £120m of assets transferred.

Newton’s Curt Custard considers the investment outlook for 2021 and the implications for DC schemes

The government must publish a timetable for its next automatic enrolment (AE) review as employees quit pension saving in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) says.

The Aegon Master Trust will move from an affiliate board structure to fully independent, recruiting a further trustee as part of the process.