Defined Contribution

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.

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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...

SWEDEN - The default investment option for Swedish investors will now be lifecycle funds, after a government directive mandated that individuals' assets should de-risk as they age, confirmed Richard Grottheim, executive vice president at AP7.

Pensions minister Angela Eagle believes the industry criticises personal accounts too much.

German industrial insurer HDI-Gerling has hired Friends Provident to provide a group stakeholder scheme for its UK staff.

There will be an ongoing process of automatic re-enrolment into personal accounts, pensions minister Angela Eagle says.

Richard Lowe discusses the sustainability and appropriateness of defined contribution as a suitable replacement for defined benefit