Defined Contribution

Aviva Life could offer third party annuity products next to its own range for investors with small pension pots.

Prudential UK has enhanced its defined contribution systems platform in a bid to improve its service to advisers.

Employers are being given more choice in the pricing structures of investment funds by pension providers who realise that ‘plain vanilla' is good for some but not for all.

HSBC has launched five new unit-linked protected retirement funds aimed at trustees of occupational pension schemes.

Annuity transfer times have been "significantly" improved thanks to a Association of British Insurers' initiative, the association says.

Default investment strategies lost nearly a quarter of their value during 2008 with an average return of -23%, an exclusive PensionsDCisions poll reveals.

HSBC is planning to launch a range of equity funds for defined contribution schemes which aim to protect members from poor market performance.

The design of defined contribution (DC) plans should be improved to include default investment strategies and guarantees, a working paper released by two international bodies says.

Peter Renalls details the results of the Watson Wyatt/ Professional Pensions annual pensions survey

Rachel Alembakis reports from the fourth annual Global Pensions/Westpac Currency Management Forum held in Sydney