DC

Hannah Brenton looks at the continuing debate on DC charges

Longevity trends could lead to increasingly severe austerity warns Mark Wood

Confidence in defined contribution pensions has fallen so low that the majority of workers would choose an inferior financial reward over a 10% boost to their employer contribution, says Hymans Robertson.

Millions of savers will be vulnerable to conflicts of interest and a lack of oversight as they are auto-enrolled into contract-based pension schemes, FairPensions has warned.

Liability driven investment can be adapted for defined contribution schemes to allow members to stay in growth assets for longer, Schroders argues.

Poor investment returns, lack of understanding and unwillingness to save are the real issues

Labour had a field day with the LIBOR scandal. Coming after four years of simmering public resentment against the financial sector, the scandal involving bankers manipulating rates at the expense of ordinary people could not be easier to capitalise on....

Labour party proposals to insist all UK pension schemes appoint trustees have been branded as "muddled".

Peter Hudson gives his take on guarantees

Jack Jones reflects on calls to merge TPR and the FSA