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The Pensions Regulator's proposed approach to trust-based defined contribution could force schemes to close due to regulatory arbitrage, increased compliance burdens, and a lack of clarity, the industry warns.

Here are the 15 principles Cass Business School's Pensions Institute believe should underpin the modelling of defined contribution schemes.

Academics have launched a consultation to establish the best way to model defined contribution schemes which could have "uncomfortable implications for plan members".

Naomi Rainey looks at the debate on whether investment charges on DC funds represent value for money

High and opaque charges are harming savers with defined contribution pension schemes, according to the Financial Services Consumer Panel.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has reiterated his interest in providing guaranteed returns in defined contribution schemes to create of risk-sharing ‘defined ambition' vehicles, describing it as a "stunning sales pitch".

European schemes expect governance demands to escalate and investment decisions to become increasingly complex over the next five years, according to research from State Street Global Services.

Multinational employers set up 33 new international pension plans over 2012 according to figures from Towers Watson.

How to work behavioural economics into DC comms

The panel discusses issues around AE provider choice such as cost and value for money.