Defined Contribution

Manufacturers remain firmly committed to providing good quality pensions but fear European interference could make affordable provision impossible and increase bankruptcies.

The National Employment Savings Trust and Aegon have signed a formal agreement to offer an integrated auto-enrolment proposition.

Insurers have clashed with pension funds and worker organisations over MPs' call for the government to lift the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust.

Friends Life has launched a customer panel made up of 500 members of its corporate pension schemes in a bid to further improve its service.

Liberal Democrats in government must act more urgently to radically reform public and private occupational pensions, delegates at the party's Spring Conference will hear.

BlackRock has teamed up with DCisions in a bid to improve its defined contribution portfolio benchmarking and customer insight capabilities.

The Association of British Insurers' compulsory code for annuity providers has been welcomed by the industry and triggered calls for similar requirements for trust-based schemes.

Standard Life has overhauled its corporate investment range, introducing default options specially tailored for auto-enrolment.

Scottish Widows and B&CE have teamed up to offer a segmented auto-enrolment proposition for employers with diverse workforces.

Here it is. A table showing how private sector membership in occupational pension schemes has fallen over the past 15 years.