Defined Contribution

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.

AUSTRALIA - Australian superannuation provider AMP will increase the pension contributions it pays for its employees to 12% from the mandatory 9% by 2014.

The UK's combined defined contribution pension value has dropped by £18bn in one month, according to Aon Consulting.

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: should DC schemes focus on asset allocation rather than searching for skilled active managers?

Deciding to enter an occupational pension scheme is a big issue and many people feel that once they've started paying contributions then their retirement planning is done.

Panellists discuss how best to tackle the automatic increase of members' contributions

Professional Pensions senior correspondent Giovanni Legorano interviewed BT Pension Scheme pension director Kevin O'Boyle at the National Association of Pension Funds conference last month