Defined Contribution

A comprehensive survey of defined contribution schemes across the country threw up some interesting statistics on the changing nature of the market.

A consultant has branded the minimum 8% auto-enrolment contribution as "rubbish" and urged The Pensions Regulator to publicly say it was not enough.

Sebastian Cheek reports on how investment strategy design is changing to react to the rapid expansion of the DC asset pool

Scottish Widows has launched a corporate wrap, allowing employees to track both workplace benefits and their personal finances.

More than half of pension scheme trustees in the UK think they should be paid for their role.

US - Demand for custom target date funds among trustees of DC schemes in the US is on the rise, an influential survey of pension consultants showed.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has blasted the three main political parties' pledges on pensions as "threadbare at best" and "positively damaging at worst".

UK - Aviva has confirmed plans to close both the Aviva and RAC final salary schemes to future accruals.

UK - The pension industry should engage more with people on how much they invest into their pension pot rather than focusing on the specific investment advice, industry figures said.

PensionDCisions and FTSE Group have teamed up to created the first objective benchmark for the UK's defined contribution pensions market.