Towers Watson

Helen Morrissey talks to Paul Macro about the results of Towers Watson's FTSE 100 defined contribution pension scheme survey

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: an independent trustee recently branded DC default investment strategies as a cop out by trustees - do you agree?

The Pensions Institute has warned that the "administrative nightmare" of auto-enrolment into NEST will divert necessary attention from the scheme's investment strategy. Do you agree?

UK - Trustees at the Cadbury Pension Fund have sought to reassure scheme members in the wake of US-food company Kraft's takeover.

Trustees at the Cadbury Pension Fund have sought to reassure scheme members in the wake of US-food company Kraft's hostile takeover.

GLOBAL - Investment managers expect global equity returns to clock in at the 10% range in 2010, helping to fuel economic recovery this year, a survey by Towers Watson found.

Investment managers expect global equity returns to clock in at the 10% range in 2010, helping to fuel economic recovery this year, a survey by Towers Watson finds.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison discusses the changing relationship between pensions funds and their consultants, and asks whether consultants will need to share their role with third-party providers.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the causes of the current rise in inflation and asks how long it might be expected to continue and what trustees can do to protect their funds from the extra liability.

British Telecom has agreed a 17-year recovery plan with its trustees in an attempt to tackle a £9bn deficit.