Defined Contribution

Andrew Short discovers that in an era of high volatility and with auto-enrolment approaching, the traditional view that equities are best is being met with increasing scepticism.

The National Employment Saving Trust is set to develop its own internal market to switch equities and bonds between members' funds, its head of investment policy says.

A "pounds and pence" approach to defined contribution charging would lead to lower-paid members paying more, industry figures say.

Hartwig Kos explains how the Baring Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund draws on diversified growth experience

DC World spoke to Hartwig Kos and Andrew Benton about Barings' Dynamic Emerging Market Fund

UK companies are likely to experience the same "painful" and problematic auto-enrolment implementation as Norway firms due lack of preparation and similar complex legislation, Mercer warns.

Governance failings across the nation's hybrid schemes are putting member benefits at risk, The Pensions Regulator warns.

The current defined contribution set up is inefficient, in adequate and will lead to poor member outcomes for generations unless it is radically overhauled, delegates heard.

Some of the UK's biggest asset managers have teamed up to create the Defined Contribution Investment Forum in a bid to help DC schemes meet members' investment objectives.

Target date funds are not adequate to address the problem of defined contribution retirement saving, Lord Hutton says.