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Is collective defined contribution a tested failure or the only way forward?

Allowing defined contribution (DC) members to buy pensions in defined benefit (DB) sections can significantly drive up liabilities, HSBC Bank Pension Trust chief executive Lesley Alexander warns.

This week respondents give their thoughts on which defined ambition options will appeal to businesses, large and small.

Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has attacked the government's consultation on scheme charges as too short and "phoney".

Small employers and those who have not previously offered pensions are unlikely to adopt the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) defined ambition (DA) ideas, Steve Webb says.

Pensions minister Steve Webb says the upcoming consultation on defined ambition will not set out prescriptive single-model options for enhanced defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) provision.

Jack Jones looks at why defined ambition needs to succeed

Jonathan Stapleton calls for concrete solutions on poor value DC

Jack Jones examines the problems and possibilities in pooled defined contribution

The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) proposals for defined ambition (DA) or collective defined contribution (CDC) models must not be too prescriptive, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) chief executive Bill Galvin warns.