Defined Contribution

The number of members to have ever used NEST rose by 28% over the 2018/19 fiscal year to 31 March, according to its research arm, NEST Insight.

Estimates of the amount of money needed for a ‘modest’ retirement can vary by up to £500,000, according to research from Aon.

Global institutional investors plan to divest 15.6% of their portfolios from fossil fuels over the next ten years, almost tripling outflows of 5.7% planned for next year, as high-profile activism on climate change gathers pace.

Defined contribution (DC) schemes’ visions are generally aligned, but there are mixed views on the power of the default versus member engagement, according to the Thinking Ahead Institute.

AE has successfully brought millions of people into pension savings. But, as Kim Kaveh writes, it is far from perfect.

The number of employers and advisers looking to change their pension provider has increased by nearly two thirds this year, according to research by Aviva.

Too many Diversified Growth Funds (DGFs) have left UK investors disappointed with performance. In this paper, AllianceBernstein show how a DGF can be designed with clear objectives, constructed using guidelines that are genuinely outcome-oriented, and...

The University of Oxford Staff Pension Scheme has received master trust authorisation from The Pensions Regulator (TPR), taking the total number of approved schemes to 34.

Evolve Pensions has wound up its BlueSky master trust and moved members to its other provider, Crystal, PP can reveal.

With savers facing 100% of the potential downside of patient capital investment, as well as tax implications from the upside, Peter Glancy argues it is not the most enticing proposition.