Defined Contribution

This week has been full of suggestions for change in the pensions industry.

The Pensions Archive Trust has formally launched a national schools competition on pensions for pupils aged between 16 and 18 years-old.

Friends Provident has won the Gold Standard Award for Group Pensions.

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.