DWP launches DC quality standards call for evidence

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a call for evidence into standards in defined contribution (DC) workplace schemes.

The call focuses on scheme governance, investment and default options, administration and record keeping, and scale. In his foreword, pensions minister Steve Webb wrote: "We are conscious that p...

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