Defined Contribution

eShare has joined forces with consultant LCP to help deliver and implement its pensions governance software.

Many defined contribution pension pots are this week worth no more than the cash contributions paid into them over the last five years, PwC analysis finds.

Emma Watkins of MetLife Assurance Limited explains what auto-enrolment means for employers, and how they need to prepare to ensure they and their staff are ready.

Lord McFall has called for an industry code of practice to establish a normal 0.5% for defined contribution management fees.

Xafinity has binned its in-house trustee firm HR Trustees and appointed Bridge Trustees for its master trust after The Pensions Regulator highlighted industry-wide conflict of interest concerns.

Pensioners in capped drawdown face significant drops in retirement income because of falling gilt yields affecting the amount that can be drawn from a fund, Rowanmoor Pensions claims.

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.