All Defined contribution articles – Page 24
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NewsSmart Pension buys Evolve Pensions for undisclosed sum
Smart Pension has acquired Evolve Pensions, owner of £750m Crystal master trust.
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NewsDB pension superfund regime gets go ahead
In his Mansion House speech Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the UK's defined benefit pensions landscape was too fragmented and the government would be pushing forward with plans to create a superfund regulatory regime.
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NewsSmall pots consultation: 'Pot for life' approach seen as long-term solution
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched an eight-week consultation after a call for evidence which flagged up a multiple consolidator approach as a possible solution to the issue of deferred small pots.
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NewsCDC legislation is 'on the way'
The pensions industry has welcomed government plans to legislate for collective defined contribution schemes (CDCs).
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NewsDC pensions: Providers and regulators need to work on innovation
DC pensions providers, regulators and the wider pensions industry need to develop resources to help members extract more value from their savings, a report has found.
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NewsDC pensions: Savers on course to be poorer in retirement, Aon
Younger savers are, on average, projected as having a lower standard of living in retirement, according to Aon UK.
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NewsMid-life MOT: DWP's online pensions and savings resource goes live
The Department for Work and Pensions has launched its online midlife MOT.
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NewsStill unloved: Annuities struggle to shake off their inflexible reputation
At least a fifth of savers do not believe annuities offer good value, despite rates being at a near 14-year high, a survey has revealed.
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NewsTPR: Smaller DC schemes urged to swot up on value for money assessments
Smaller defined contribution (DC) schemes, have been singled out as "failing to meet expectations on assessing value" by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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NewsPensions: The great inflation divide
Savers with an an inflation-protected pension scheme will be £1,500 better off by April 2024 than those with capped inflation protection, investment platform ii has warned.
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NewsDefined contribution pension schemes: half of savers have no idea how to access their pot
The Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) report revealed more than four in ten of those in their 50s and early 60s with defined contribution pension pots had "no idea how to access their savings".
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NewsLifetime allowance changes: Employers urged to offer DC scheme members more support
Employers are being urged to give better support to defined contribution (DC) pensions scheme members who may be affected by the changes to the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) and Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) announced back in the Spring Budget.
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NewsCould pensions be the best recruitment tool?
The amount a company pays into their employees' pensions should not be seen 'as an afterthought', and could be a key selling point when it comes to recruiting staff, claimed Standard Life.
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NewsRetirement and poverty, Scottish Widows warns of growing generation gap
The life office and pensions provider has launched the National Retirement Forecast (NRF) which aims to provide "forensic analysis of the challenges faced by different demographics".
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OpinionTo DC or CDC. That is the question…
DB pensions – and the guaranteed retirement income they bring – are well and truly a thing of the past, with a mere circa 5,000 left in the UK,most of which are closed to new members.
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News'More work needed' to speed up pension transfer scam protection measures
Over 20 pension schemes, administrators and industry bodies took part in the DWP's 18-month review, which found that only four per cent of transfers were given a red or amber flag.
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NewsThree solutions to the nation’s savings crisis
Three new studies offer policy solutions to the savings emergency
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OpinionPensions and mindfulness: improving outcomes and value for members
David Butcher, independent trustee and founder of Mindful Pensions, looks at the link between pensions and mindfulness and how it can improve outcomes for members
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Pension dashboards programme further delayed
As reported by Pensions Expert on 29 May, the government has made an announcement, on pension dashboards, further delaying the programme to 31 October 2026.