Defined Contribution

Lord Hutton admitted the Labour administration's pension reform package did not go far enough and may have "made matters worse".

Outgoing National Association of Pension Funds chairman Lindsay Tomlinson has urged schemes to demand more from the organisation and band together to lobby government more effectively.

Professional Pensions is set to conduct a survey on auto-enrolment to discuss the current level of knowledge and preparation in the marketplace.

Automatic enrolment add-ons could more than double additional annual retirement savings by 2025, a report concludes.

Fears compulsory workplace schemes might burden members with charges that are too high are "exaggerated", a senior actuary says.

B&CE is to launch a new brand to extend its pension provision to the wider market in November.

Few companies are considering levelling down defined contribution arrangements for auto-enrolment, Aon Hewitt says.

The Emap Flexiplan defined contribution pension scheme has completed its complex wind-up within 18 months.

Almost half of defined contribution members are unsure if they opted for the default fund when they last reviewed their pension, Baring Asset Management research reveals.

Standard Life has revealed it is working with the National Employment Savings Trust to integrate the scheme into its proposition to clients ahead of auto-enrolment.