Defined Contribution

Ratcliff Palfinger has appointed Alexander Forbes Financial Services to set up a group personal pension scheme for its 170 staff.

Scottish Life has introduced a range of governed investments for the group pensions market.

The Pensions Advisory Service has questioned the quality of defined contribution information given to members after a surge in calls to its helpline.

In its first roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered key industry spokespeople in London to discuss investment in frontier markets

EMPLOYERS are wasting more than £85m each year on running defined contribution schemes instead of group personal pensions or stakeholder scheme alternatives, a consultant says.

Friends Provident is simplifying its fund choice for company pension schemes.

Susan Jones looks at how irrationality in decision making can be harnessed to improve retirement saving in defined contribution pension schemes

Defined contribution schemes will move increasingly to target date funds over the course of 2009 with greater emphasis on member engagement, industry experts claim.

Defined contribution charges must be "substantially reduced" and members must be made aware about 40pc of their pot is swallowed up in fees, a study says.

Pamela Atherton talks to some of the stakeholders in the industry to assess the options available to trustees and corporate sponsors in the current financial situation