Defined Contribution

The government has proposed changes to pension reform which will give smaller employers more time to prepare for auto-enrolment than previously planned.

Increased longevity figures, as highlighted in a recent Department for Work and Pensions report, will dramatically increase pensioner poverty, MGM Advantage predicts.

Fidelity has launched a service it says will reduce employers' cost bases for auto-enrolment by limiting the affect on their HR, payroll and technology departments.

The University of Reading has set up a new defined contribution pension scheme with BlackRock ahead of upcoming auto-enrolment obligations.

UK - The Government should cap defined contribution scheme charges to match the existing limits on stakeholder pensions to avoid complaints about ‘mis-selling', the Workplace Retirement Income Commission says.

Marks & Spencer is set to replace its current pension scheme with a ‘bundled mastertrust' called Your M&S Pension Savings Plan in preparation for 2012.

Source Pensions has launched an administration and investment fund platform targeting small schemes as they prepare for their auto-enrolment obligations.

Panellists discuss the preparations schemes are making ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment and whether bundled schemes are unsuitable for this

The BlueSky Pension Scheme has chosen Alliance Bernstein's target date funds offering for its default fund ahead of auto-enrolment duties.

Sebastian Cheek investigates where members' money goes