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Defined Ambition

MPs launch inquiry into shelved CDC pension schemes
MPs launch inquiry into shelved CDC pension schemes

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the merits of collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes, and the potential role they could play in saving for retirement.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 27 November 2017
Watchdog is right to impose higher penalties on professional trustees
Watchdog is right to impose higher penalties on professional trustees

Industry says as professionals, punishment should be given due to their level of expertise.

  • Industry
  • 17 August 2017
Have your say: Is TPR's new definition of professional trustee correct?
Have your say: Is TPR's new definition of professional trustee correct?

This week we want to know if it is correct to define professional trustees as those who promote themselves as having expertise in trustee matters to schemes they have no connection with.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 August 2017
Royal Mail confirms DB scheme will shut to future accrual as costs set to soar
Royal Mail confirms DB scheme will shut to future accrual as costs set to soar

Royal Mail will close its career average defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April next year, it has announced.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 April 2017
Have your say: Is it time to look again at defined ambition?
Have your say: Is it time to look again at defined ambition?

This week, we want to know whether the Communication Workers Union's plan for a risk-sharing scheme at Royal Mail signals it is time to revisit defined ambition.

  • Industry
  • 22 March 2017
Risk sharing schemes are back on the agenda
Risk sharing schemes are back on the agenda

Stephanie Baxter says the CWU's proposal for a risk sharing scheme at Royal Mail is a breath of fresh air at a time when there are growing concerns about DC.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 21 March 2017
A risk-sharing scheme for Royal Mail - will it catch on?
A risk-sharing scheme for Royal Mail - will it catch on?

A union proposal for Royal Mail to create a risk sharing scheme has brought back the idea of defined ambition. Stephanie Baxter looks at how it would work and if it could set a blueprint for others

  • Defined Benefit
  • 20 March 2017
Bob Scott: We need statutory override to allow RPI/CPI switch
Bob Scott: We need statutory override to allow RPI/CPI switch

The first six months of 2016 has been a whirlwind time for the pensions industry. The Association of Consulting Actuaries' incoming chair tells Kristian Brunt-Seymour about the policy changes he would like to see.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 June 2016
What's going on with CDC and pot follows member?

Former flagship policies are set to sink without a trace

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 October 2015
Is this the end of pot follows member and CDC?

A ministerial statement issued last week put key policies such as pot follows member and collective defined contribution on hold. Helen Morrissey gauges the response.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 October 2015
Pot follows member put on hold

The implementation of pot follows member has been put on hold according to a ministerial statement issued today.

  • Industry
  • 15 October 2015
PPI: Freedoms not a barrier to CDC

The Budget flexibilities will not hinder the government's plans for collective defined contribution (CDC), according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).

  • Industry
  • 06 October 2014
Give members collective pensions

Henry Tapper says the people want collective defined contribution (DC) pensions

  • Defined Contribution
  • 10 July 2014
SPC warns Budget will have changed minds on DC-plus

Respondents to the government consultation on defined ambition (DA) pensions may have changed their minds on key issues after the changes announced in the Budget, says the Society of Pension Consultants (SPC).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 June 2014
DWP drops DB-lite due to lack of employer interest

Employers showed a "lack of interest" in proposals to give them greater flexibility over defined benefit (DB) schemes, says the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 June 2014
Queen's Speech confirms commitment to annuity overhaul and CDC

The government has confirmed its commitment to overhaul the retirement process and announced new plans to introduce collective defined contribution (CDC) in the Queen's Speech today.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 June 2014
TPR targets governance with latest corporate plan

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has prioritised good governance in its corporate plan published today.

  • Industry
  • 21 May 2014
ACA urges government to focus on increasing contribution rates

The government must do more to encourage employers and employees to increase contributions to pension schemes, says incoming Association of Consulting Actuaries chairman David Fairs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 06 May 2014
Webb hopeful for DA despite retirement pot flexibility

Pensions Minister Steve Webb says he remains committed to defined ambition (DA) despite the Budget scrapping restrictions on how people take their pensions income at retirement.

  • Industry
  • 10 April 2014
Buzz: DWP has stalled on defined ambition

The majority of Buzz respondents believe the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has stalled on its plan to deliver a defined ambition (DA) system.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 28 March 2014
McClymont: Webb's defined ambition plans not compatible with DC reforms

Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has challenged pensions minister Steve Webb over his defined ambition (DA) proposals in light of the government's defined contribution (DC) reforms.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 March 2014
Retirement flexibility will lead to further DB closures

Government proposals to scrap restrictions on pensions access could lead to a further wave of employers closing defined benefit (DB) plans to future accrual.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 20 March 2014
Budget paves way for CDC pension arrangements

Government proposals to scrap restrictions on pensions access will pave the way for collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes, Barnett Waddingham says.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 March 2014
MPs say DWP has 'stalled' on defined ambition, annuities and charges

Progress on the annuities market, charges and defined ambition (DA) may have "stalled", the Work and Pensions Select Committee says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 March 2014
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