The anticipated plundering of pension funds following the implementation of the freedom and choice reforms last April has failed to materialise, according to data from the Association of British Insurers.

DC Investment Quarterly: The charge cap limits how much money can be thrown at DC investments, but could illiquid investments and smart beta solutions still be an option?

Defined benefit trustees are seeking to rationalise their additional voluntary contribution accounts as new rules come into play about how such accounts are managed.

Myriad products could help grow pension savers’ assets following the Budget changes, but caution is recommended.

2014 preview: Pensions liberation, data and tax are among the major administrative challenges schemes will face next year, industry experts have cautioned.

News analysis: The technical changes to the regulations for implementing auto-enrolment released by the Department for Work and Pensions have received a mixed response from the industry. 

Employers in the charity sector face significant shortfalls in what they had previously believed were DC schemes, as a result of the Bridge Trustees ruling.

Members of defined contribution (DC) schemes should not be treated as a homogeneous group, but individual consumers, said Nigel Aston, director, PensionDCisions at the NAPF’s investment conference