Default fund

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched a range of target date funds for defined contribution (DC) investment.

Natasha Browne examines the Pensions Institute’s report on member value for money

The use of target date funds (TDFs) and outcome-orientated default strategies in workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes will eat away at lifestyle's hold on the market, research shows.

Natasha Browne talks to Arriva about designing a default for a diverse workforce

Hargreaves Lansdown’s Laith Khalaf says members need fund choice – and the decision-making tools to go with it

Buzz respondents are intensely relaxed about the fact almost all the National Employment Savings Trust's (NEST) customers have ended up in its default fund. Seven out of ten contributors said they were not concerned about this.

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has revealed 99% of its current members are using its default retirement date fund.

In The Pensions Regulator's latest scheme governance survey, questions were posed to defined contribution schemes about how many investment funds they offer members.

The majority of this week's respondents supported the idea of capping default fund charges for default funds in schemes used as auto-enrolment vehicles.

Legal and General Trustees (LGT) has asked The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to allow an amnesty for defined contribution (DC) contract scheme providers to change members' investments without their consent.