Defined Contribution

The Department for Work and Pensions must avoid the "bear trap" of setting rigid rules to govern default funds, AllianceBernstein warns.

UK defined contribution schemes should stop focusing on outperforming markets and start building "next generation" schemes designed around delivering retirement incomes, a Nobel prizewinning economist says.

The Hutton Report has been welcomed by the industry, which claims it could increase pensions for the low paid, but left unions warning of industrial action.

The government is asking "the entirely wrong questions" on defined contribution regulatory arbitrage, delegates heard.

Professional Pensions asked three industry experts how we can help people make better at retirement choices.

There is no single right answer to what makes a good defined contribution default fund strategy, the Investment Management Association says.

HSBC Workplace Retirement Services has linked up with corporate adviser Towergate Financial to provide group personal pensions tailored to small and medium sized businesses.

On the eve of an explosion of corporate wrap products, Sebastian Cheek looks how they are set to shake-up pension saving

Employee benefit consultants are finding it difficult to recommend the National Employment Savings Trust to clients because of its lack of track record.

Fidelity does not currently see market demand for a corporate wrap to incorporate wider workplace savings vehicles other than ISAs and self-invested personal pensions, it says.