Defined Contribution

A generation of "private pension paupers" is on the horizon if pension contribution levels do not increase, Fidelity International has warned.

MEMBERS of defined contribution schemes face severe erosion of purchasing power because of high inflation, Aon Consulting warns.

SCOTTISH LIFE has added two emerging markets funds to its governed matrix offering.

MEMBER engagement and communication must be improved to defuse the ticking time bomb of defined contribution pension schemes, delegates heard.

AROUND 90pc of defined contribution members opt for ineffective default funds, Watson Wyatt says.

ALMOST two-thirds of defined contribution scheme trustees claim members are failing to fully understand their pension, Aon Consulting research reveals.

The first ever Professional Pensions Conjecture debate chaired by Professional Pensions editor Len Roberts and including Hamish Wilson of Hamish Wilson & Co, Sacker & Partners' Ian Pittaway, and Buck Consultants' Fraser Smart - asked if the current Pensions...

Defined contribution funds now represent 34pc of all pension scheme assets, Watson Wyatt says.

Recent market events have had a big impact on Irish equities and this loss has translated to the domestically biased Irish pension funds themselves. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports from Dublin

No one is disputing the replacement of DB with DC anymore, instead they are exploring ways to make DC as successful as it needs to be. Heather Dale reports