Defined Contribution

The Pensions Regulator has been urged to report on the workplace defined contribution market in greater detail, after Office for National Statistics figures revealed the size of the market for the first time.

Fidelity could implement ‘save more tomorrow' for its clients after auto-enrolment.

In the latest Pensions Conjecture our panellists discussed DC and Auto-enrolment.

Standard Life has increased the number of members of its schemes to 1.16m over Q1, up from 1.09m in the first quarter of 2011.

AllianceBernstein has designed a capped drawdown product it says will give pensioners "breathing space" before they buy an annuity.

A leading independent trustee has warned the structure of current defined contribution schemes will lead to social unrest.

Employers can increase the value of their employees' pension pots by up to 40% purely through better governance, without upping their contributions, JLT Benefit Solutions research has claimed.

Fidelity has launched a range of default lifestyle funds that combine active asset allocation with passive investment instruments.

FirstGroup has changed the accrual rates of its career average scheme and will introduce a defined contribution scheme for auto-enrolment.

Members of workplace pension schemes run by Friends Life increased by 4% between 2010 and 2011, the insurer said.