Defined Contribution

Independent financial advisers are linchpins of the pensions process, steering clients through a mine...

MULTI-MANAGER funds are becoming big business, experiencing a threefold increase in assets managed, f...

LIQUIDITY funds have grown exponentially since they skipped across the transatlantic pond in the late...

SO, what exactly is communication? A much relied-upon "buzz" word, communication seems to be inte...

UK - Threadneedle Asset Management Limited and MM Asset Management are joining forces to launch a defined contribution pension product.

UK - Scheme managers are urging companies to choose unbundled packages when they set up defined contribution plans - even though costs may be higher.

UK - The progression of the UK defined contribution market has been so rapid that there are virtually no lessons to be learned from the United States experience, a leading consultant claims.

UK - Fund managers are being urged to revamp their member-communications packages to make them more flexible and relevant to individual DC schemes.

UK - High street retailer Marks & Spencer has selected Threadneedle Investments to provide investment and administration services for the new Marks & Spencer defined contribution plan.

UK - Threadneedle is restructuring its business by moving to three principal divisions with divisional directors who will each report to Simon Davies, Threadneedle's chief executive. The appointment of Sarah Arkle, as chief investment officer in October...