Collective Defined Contribution

This week's top stories included coverage of the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional decision following its investigation of investment consulting and fiduciary management.

Respondents were almost evenly split in this week's Pensions Buzz on whether the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) remedies for the investment consultant and fiduciary management markets go far enough.

Henry Tapper says CDC makes sense as a means of solving one of the most intractable of economic problems but this 'new order of things' is getting a bad reception

Collective defined contribution should be brought back to the table, a panel at Pensions and Benefits UK argued. Victoria Ticha reports from the conference

Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes are the "best means" for achieving the right balance between collective benefit security and individual freedom and choice, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) says.

The pressure of "excessive regulation" is causing a drop in the number of lay trustees and deterring people from taking up the role, according to this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.

The government is "minded to assist" any collective defined contribution (CDC) proposal that may arise from Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), Guy Opperman has said.

Talks on Monday to discuss the collective defined contribution (CDC) proposals for Royal Mail were "very productive", according to the pensions and financial inclusion minister.

Con Keating says the Royal Mail pension story is a rare piece of pension good news. And there are a number of major listed firms watching developments in CDC closely.

Universities UK (UUK) has suggested a collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme could be a replacement for the defined benefit (DB) element of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).