Defined Contribution

NORWAY - Radical changes to laws governing defined benefit plans in Norway will be needed to adapt the schemes to the new old-age state pension, a commission tasked with examining the future of pensions in the country's private sector has concluded.

Standard Life has branded the Investment Governance Group's principles on improving defined contribution governance as "elitist".

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: How welcome are government proposals regarding the charging structure for NEST?

The PensionDCisions UK Sponsor Default Survey showed the top three consultants shared 70% of the UK market versus 26% in the US. Is this concentration good for the industry?

The panellists discuss advantages of collective DC arrangements and the challenges preventing UK growth

In these straitened times ‘gold plated' public sector pensions face growing calls for fundamental structural reforms to tackle a staggering £1trn unfunded deficit.

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

Ongoing Financial Services Authority investigations into poor pension switching advice are expected to result in firms paying out more than £150m in redress to customers.