defined contribution

Up to £25.8bn of assets in contract-based and bundled trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes is in funds charging 1% or more annually, according the Independent Project Board (IPB).

Fewer than one in seven defined contribution (DC) schemes plan to make it mandatory for members to take up the guidance guarantee before accessing their pot, PP research finds.

PP looks at the pros and cons of pooling risk

Young people could be hit disproportionately by the pension freedoms being introduced in April according to Baroness Jeannie Drake.

Ikea has topped up long-serving employees' pension pots by more than £1,000 each as part of a €200m (£157m) bonus scheme.

Legal and General (L&G) has announced a major restructuring that will see its defined (DC) contribution platform being moved into the group's investment business.

The pensions industry must work together to develop flexible retirement products for (DC) savers according to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Most trustees say their default investment strategies still assume members will annuitise when they retire despite expecting annuity sales to plummet.

Natasha Browne looks at whether DC product innovation is driving change in DB investing

Trustees and pension professionals have defended the investment returns targeted by defined benefit (DB) schemes in research carried out by PP.