Defined Contribution

UK - Pensions professionals are still underestimating the effect of increased longevity on their schemes, an exclusive Hewitt poll revealed.

EUROPE - Introducing collective defined contribution schemes would not breach European law despite one government citing it as a reason to abandon risk sharing, a lawyer said.

Introducing collective defined contribution schemes would not breach European law despite the government citing it as a reason to abandon risk sharing, a lawyer says.

Tom Stevenson recently retired from his post as Kellogg's pensions manager. Before he left, Sebastian Cheek asked him how the scheme qualified for the NAPF's Pension Quality Mark

American asset manager Neuberger Berman has replaced its defined contribution scheme for UK employees with a new group stakeholder arrangement.

UK/US - American asset manager Neuberger Berman has replaced its defined contribution scheme for UK employees with a new group stakeholder arrangement.

A department for work and pensions research report on the likely responses of small employers to personal accounts is not "happy reading", a lawyer warns.

Enrich has launched a pensions service to provide employers with strategic direction for the review, implementation and management of their pension plan.

More than a quarter of employees are worried about their company pension scheme's performance or have opted not to join it over performance fears, research shows.

Millions could retire into poverty unless the government establishes a standing commission to address inadequate private sector pension provision, the Association of Consulting Actuaries warns.