Defined Contribution

Just 2% of employers plan to use the National Employment Savings Trust as their vehicle for auto-enrolment, Aon Hewitt research reveals.

Unite the union has taken the first steps towards industrial action over pensions provided by building materials firm Cemex.

National Employment Savings Trust Corporation has admitted scaling back its take up projections, and said the auto-enrolment delay for small businesses will increase its loan repayments.

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Pressure to prepare properly for auto-enrolment is mounting on employers and those who have not yet thought about it must act now, Fidelity says.

Jonathan Stapleton's dream for DC defaults

Investment only asset managers are set to corner an increasing share of the defined contribution market over the next decade, research finds.

There is "scope for tremendous confusion" if trustees try to comply with all of the defined contribution principles and initiatives currently in operation, a consultant says.

Steve Webb has outlined two "big bang" solutions to the issue of small pot consolidation.

The Pensions Regulator has laid out six principles for defined contribution pensions to address the currently "mixed" standards across the market.