Defined Contribution

IRELAND - Aer Lingus said it will negotiate with trustees of both its defined benefit schemes to create a defined contribution plan for all its employees as part of a company cost-cutting measure.

GLOBAL - Sponsor defined contribution (DC) retirement plans are widely adopting automatic enrollment together with other automatic features designed to boost employee participation and limit the number of decisions employees need to make, a survey by...

Aviva has brought its two UK businesses together under a single chief executive in a bid to serve customers better.

UK - Companies have continued to increase contributions to DC schemes despite the recession, a survey by Mercer revealed.

Companies have continued to increase contributions to DC schemes despite the recession, a survey by Mercer reveals.

The government must do much more to back employers who are prepared to offer quality private sector pension schemes, Association of Consulting Actuaries chairman Keith Barton says.

Over 1000 delegates have now registered to attend this year's Professional Pensions Show.

PensionDCisions

Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to David Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/401(k) council of America about the current state of the US defined contribution pension system

Just prior to writing this, I chaired a panel debate for the UKs Pensions Management Institute in London on the various types of risk sharing arrangements which could be implemented in the UK. The background to the debate was that as it stands all the...