Defined Contribution

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.

Advisers will be able to source whole of market enhanced annuity quotes for clients with the development of The Annuity Health Form from Annuity Exchange.

Partnership has launched an online solution to help advisers find the best annuities for clients retiring with funds below £30,000.

More than half of large pension schemes plan to review or change their defined contribution default investment strategy in the next 12 months, the 2010 PensionDCisions UK Sponsor Default Survey reveals.