DC World

At the time of writing the Professional Pensions team was, like the rest of the industry, speculating as to the contents of George Osborne's emergency Budget.

The collective intake of breath has been almost audible as the pain of public sector belt tightening begins to seep through the economy. Some £6.25bn of initial cuts - £500m of which was reinvested - have been swiftly followed by £2bn in project cancellations....

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: What legislation for DC pensions would you like to see the new coalition government introduce/remove? 

Do you think employers need to radically change how they deliver their employee benefits if they are to engage younger workers?

Panellists discuss how shifting attitudes to default funds have affected DC schemes over the past year and what changes are ahead

Millions of people are basing their retirement planning on their occupational defined contribution pension scheme.

An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working paper, published this month, has found defined contribution members risk dramatic fluctuations in retirement income unless they adopt default strategies that reduce the impact of...

In the first of two features detailing the first meeting of our DC World Steering Club, Helen Morrissey asks how investment strategies are evolving

Sebastian Cheek discovers an industry in favour of scrapping compulsory annuitisation at 75 but one that says the new coalition must do more to address the wider tax framework around retirement savings

Ongoing Financial Services Authority investigations into poor pension switching advice are expected to result in firms paying out more than £150m in redress to customers.