OECD

Academics have launched a consultation to establish the best way to model defined contribution schemes which could have "uncomfortable implications for plan members".

Attaching guarantees to DC pensions could have a detrimental effect on investment returns according to a World Bank pension expert.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said auto-enrolment is making good progress but pensions minster Steve Webb wants to ‘manage expectations' before early opt-out rates are published.

TPR chief executive Bill Galvin tells Hannah Brenton about the challenge of seeing the industry through auto-enrolment.

Jack Jones looks at the options and cost of DC guarantees

Andrew Short looks at what auto-enrolling employers will do to combat a mass opt-out

Extending working lives and promoting private pensions are essential in making pension systems sustainable and adequate according to the OECD.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will launch a guiding principles document for defined contribution schemes next month to improve global consistency in schemes.

EUROPE - The European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) has appointed Matti Leppälä to succeed Chris Verhaegen as secretary general.

This month the panellists discuss the effect of the European debt crisis on markets, the trend to dividend growth, and the role of emerging markets in returns.