Investment

The Pensions Regulator is determined to ‘get under the skin' of the country's 1,700 hybrid schemes to ensure they are properly monitored.

The current defined contribution set up is inefficient, in adequate and will lead to poor member outcomes for generations unless it is radically overhauled, delegates heard.

Complying with auto-enrolment regulations is going to be an "absolute minefield" for certain employers and they must start planning accordingly, delegates heard.

Some of the UK's biggest asset managers have teamed up to create the Defined Contribution Investment Forum in a bid to help DC schemes meet members' investment objectives.

Target date funds are not adequate to address the problem of defined contribution retirement saving, Lord Hutton says.

Pension funds are developing a code of conduct around charging transparency which will see customers told "in pounds and pence" how much of their savings are lost in management charges.

Defined contribution schemes need clearer objectives to engage members with their pensions, according to a panel of experts.

The Pensions Regulator has raised concerns that defined contribution trustee governance is not up to scratch

Andrew Short takes a look at diversified growth funds, and outcome-driven tailored investment that is being seen as a solution to ever-shrinking retirement funds.

Investors must ensure BP's "lessons have been learnt" from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, according to FairPensions.