The industry has called on pensions minister Steve Webb to publish guidance on defined ambition schemes as the abolition of contracting out has been moved from 2017 to 2016.
Attaching guarantees to DC pensions could have a detrimental effect on investment returns according to a World Bank pension expert.
Defined contribution schemes are conflating the needs of young and old members and must create separate instruments for each group's needs, delegates heard.
With Budget 2013 just around the corner, Barnett Waddingham consultant Malcolm McLean lists the top ten announcements he would like to see.
Most small companies do not believe fewer, larger pension schemes will result in better value for money for savers, says the Association of Consulting Actuaries.
The DWP has more in mind than reforming the structure of pensions – it wants to win public trust. Rachel Dalton reports