Defined Contribution

Most employees expect to delay their retirement as a result of the recession, Aon Consulting research reveals.

Three-fifths of employers are set to review their pension arrangements ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment and personal accounts from 2012, latest research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries reveals.

INDIA - The board of the Pension Regulatory Fund Development Authority (PFRDA) yesterday approved a proposal to manage companies' pension pots, said executive director Rani Nair.

Widespread apathy towards private pension plans remains one of the biggest challenges facing the industry, research by Baring Asset Management reveals.

Investors are bringing retirement plans forward and buying annuities now to take advantage of the recent rally in equity markets, Hargreaves Lansdown says.

UK - The government will fail to protect millions of Britons from poverty in old age unless it makes vital changes to the way in which it plans to introduce personal accounts, a Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce report...

The government will fail to protect millions of Britons from poverty in old age unless it makes vital changes to the way in which it plans to introduce personal accounts, a Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce report...

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a quality mark for defined contribution schemes in a bid to recognise firms providing good schemes for their staff.

UK - Here it is - a full list of the winners of the Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2009, hosted by GP's sister title Professional Pensions.

Here it is - a full list of the winners of the Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2009.