Defined Contribution

The next government must drastically simplify pensions legislation to enable the development of shared-risk schemes as a logical alternative to defined benefit, Mercer says.

BNP Paribas is due to launch a corporate self-invested personal pension administration service for a large insurer.

High-earners facing a triple tax on their pension savings should consider using an employer financed retirements benefit scheme to save money, Barnett Waddingham says

Trustees responsible for defined benefit schemes entering the Pension Protection Fund assessment period must not neglect their defined contribution duties, Xafinity says.

Senior correspondent Giovanni Legorano speaks to TPR employer compliance regime programme manager Charles Counsell.

Diversified growth strategies and target return funds are the future of default fund investing, a poll of delegates reveals.

Trustees must "mind the gap" between the sponsoring employer and scheme members, delegates heard.

The move from defined benefit to defined contribution represents a huge transfer of responsibility from employer to employee, meaning member communication has never been more important, as Sebastian Cheek explains

A large number of businesses have been forced to scrap restructuring plans because of the section 75 employer debt regime, delegates heard.

UK - Trustees and sponsor companies should look at the company's defined benefit scheme as if it were a subsidiary of the sponsor company, Watson Wyatt head of settlement solutions Michael Chatterton said.