Defined Contribution

IRELAND - The National Irish Bank is to transfer all members of its defined benefit (DB) scheme to its existing hybrid pension plan.

Panellists discuss how recent legislative changes will affect investment strategies, whether it will encourage members into income drawdown, and their expectations for resultant product innovation

Defined contribution pension communications would be more efficient if implemented to more than 50,000 members at a time, according to a research paper.

Sebastian Cheek asks industry experts about the increasing popularity of multi-asset solutions

UK - The Pensions Ombudsman and the Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman could be merged with The Pensions Regulator, a leaked Cabinet Office document suggests.

Vanguard's forthcoming target date funds are very likely to be designed based on the assumption that most people will continue to take an annuity, Peter Robertson says.

Forcing employers to pay into the existing stakeholder regime would mean a lower cost alternative to NEST could be implemented "tomorrow", a senior actuary says.

GLOBAL - The next decade will see employers improving the spend-down phase of their DC schemes, research by Mercer predicts.

MALAYSIA - Malaysia's regulatory bodies are moving closer to revealing a blueprint for the implementation of a new third pillar voluntary retirement system.

UK/DENMARK - Global Pensions editor Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Morten Nilsson, head of ATP's international operations about the Danish pension fund manager's UK expansion plans.