All Defined contribution articles – Page 142
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News
Investors on the hunt for asset performance
2014 preview: Next year will provide defined benefit schemes more derisking opportunities, while defined contribution schemes may need to diversify further during their growth phase, investment experts have predicted.
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Opinion
Editorial: All systems go
And I thought things were supposed to calm down before Christmas? Last week saw a smattering of debate and policy in the pensions industry.
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FeaturesHalf of DC schemes opt for multi-asset defaults
Data analysis: Almost half (49 per cent) of defined contribution schemes now employ a multi-asset or diversified growth fund in the default phase, reflecting a desire to manage investment volatility for scheme members.
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News
Micro scheme membership slumps as market consolidates
Data analysis: The total membership of small schemes with between two and 11 members has fallen by two-thirds over recent years as the market consolidates and auto-enrolment beds in.
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Opinion
Learning overseas lessons on DC design
In the latest edition of Informed Comment, State Street’s Nigel Aston looks overseas for clues on how employers and schemes offering defined contribution benefits can improve their provision.
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Features
The DC Debate – improving retirement income
This quarter's debate sees experts discuss the gender gap, decumulation and illiquidity, as schemes strive to attain the best outcome for members close to retirement age.
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Opinion
Editorial: To the collective benefit
An eloquent voice has been added to those calling for the introduction of collective defined contribution pension schemes in this country to drive better outcomes for savers.
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News
Mid-sized charities heading towards 'poor' value AE
News analysis: More than half of small and medium-sized charities yet to auto-enrol have schemes with annual management charges greater than 0.5 per cent and face enrolling into “poor value” schemes, according to a report.
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FeaturesNuclear fund on course to claw back £1m merger cost
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is close to recouping the £1m it spent merging two schemes into the Combined Nuclear Pension Plan in a bid to save on administration and advisory costs.
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News
How the DC code will affect your scheme
The Pensions Regulator will make its defined contribution code of practice easier for scheme managers to understand after feedback that the line between pensions law and best practice was not clear enough.
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Opinion
Why too many DC regulators spoil the broth
In the latest edition of Informed Comment, PTL’s Richard Butcher argues a single regulator is crucial to the success of defined contribution pension schemes.
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News
Managing your money purchase legislative risk
News analysis: Managers of pension schemes that have hybrid elements such as additional voluntary contributions have been urged to investigate the impact of a legislative change that could increase their costs.
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Opinion
Editorial: The two-headed monster
Defined benefit scheme managers and trustees could be forgiven for feeling perplexed at the government’s attitude to the benefits they oversee.
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News
Housing group shoots for double contributions in scheme revamp
Shepherds Bush Housing Group are to make its defined contribution scheme the "centrepiece" of its staff benefits provision by mirroring the contributions standards set out by the Pension Quality Mark.
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Opinion
Mastertrust governance: the case for the defence
Letter: PTL’s Richard Butcher takes Now Pensions’ Morten Nilsson to task for his recent critique of mastertrust governance.
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Opinion
Debating the pros and cons of illiquid assets in DC
F&C’s Julian Lyne warns that schemes should not ignore the very real liquidity risks in alternative assets, even as they hunger for diversification, in this edition of Informed Comment.
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Opinion
A scheme guide to AE exceptions and exemptions
In the latest edition of Technical View, Gordons’ Ruth Bamforth takes a trip through some of the exemptions and exceptions to employers’ obligation to auto-enrol their workers.
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News
How defined ambition could affect your scheme
Government has outlined proposed legislative modifications to the pensions system including changes to decumulation rules and daily pricing requirements, which could impact current defined contribution and defined benefit schemes.
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News
Industry split over capacity crunch severity for mid-sized employers
Fewer medium-sized employers will be turned away by their existing pension provider for auto-enrolment arrangements than their larger counterparts, according to one such provider, as experts disagree on how smaller companies will fare.
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Features
Care provider offers staff AE contribution reprieve
A social care provider is temporarily rolling its cash-in-lieu-of-pension contribution into its auto-enrolment structure, so employees will not have to pay anything in until 2018.