Defined Contribution

Watson Wyatt has appointed Nicholas Smith to lead its defined contribution investment team

Fidelity International has enhanced its range of online defined contribution planning tools to help members target retirement saving more effectively.

While improving mortality rates might strike the individual as a wholly positive phenomenon, Chris Panteli investigates the headache it causes the pension scheme members and their sponsors

Amid volatile investment markets and increasing liabilities, many companies will be reviewing their pension arrangements. Russell Agius sets out 10 considerations for a more efficient pension scheme

FAILURE to promote the open market option is costing pensioners around £1.4bn a year and leaving advisers and insurers exposed to mis-selling claims, Rockingham Retirement warns.

The economic crisis has put defined contribution schemes under extreme scrutiny but they will emerge in better shape than before the downturn, Watson Wyatt says.

STANDARD LIFE has defended its decision to guarantee annuity quotes on its internal policies for just one day.

Tony Barnard discusses the difficulties of converting guaranteed minimum pensions into scheme benefits

Companies with a proactive communications strategy will be better placed to minimise possible member distress over defined contribution asset falls, Fidelity says.

Defined contribution pension assets have lost 25% of their value, equating to £140bn since September 2007, Aon Consulting says.