Investment

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: A recent report found that young women are accruing pension savings at half the rate of men. What needs to be done to redress the balance?

Sebastian Cheek reports from the DC 2020 - the future of defined contribution schemes session at this year's Professional Pensions Show

The National Employment Savings Trust has reduced the upfront charge on contributions going into the scheme from 2% to 1.8%.

UK/EUROPE - A new tax transparent fund vehicle to be launched ahead of the implementation of UCITS IV regulations should attract more than £20bn ($31bn) of additional multinational pension fund investments, Deloitte says.

A new tax transparent fund vehicle to be launched ahead of the implementation of UCITS IV regulations should attract more than £20bn of additional multinational pension fund investments, Deloitte says.

UK/US - Administrators for Nortel Networks and Lehman Brothers are challenging The Pensions Regulator in the High Court over the watchdog's ability to impose a financial support direction against them.

Administrators for Nortel Networks and Lehman Brothers are challenging The Pensions Regulator in the High Court over the watchdog's ability to impose a financial support direction against them.

UK - The National Employment Savings Trust will up its exposure to return-seeking assets through direct investment about five years into its life, its chief investment officer says.

Projected retirement incomes for defined contribution savers improved for the second month in a row, Aon Hewitt analysis reveals.

Diversified growth funds are too correlated to equity markets and do not offer defined contribution investors the diversification they need, an asset manager says.