Consultation outcome

Defined contribution pensions: investments and consolidation

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 5 February 2019
• Last updated: 11 September 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

We published the government response and follow up consultation to this consultation on 11 September 2020.

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Original consultation

Summary

A consultation on proposals to encourage defined contribution pension schemes to consider a wider range of investments.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 5 February 2019 to 11pm on 1 April 2019

Consultation description

This consultation sets out proposals to encourage defined contribution pension schemes to consider investing more widely, in areas such as:

• start-up companies
• housing
• green energy

The proposals include:

• requiring large schemes to report their policy on these types of investment
• requiring smaller schemes to assess, every 3 years, whether they should consolidate into a larger scheme
• changing how schemes calculate charges

Documents

Investment innovation and future consolidation: a consultation on the consideration of illiquid assets and the development of scale in occupational defined contribution schemes

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Published 5 February 2019
Last updated 11 September 2020 + show all updates

1. 11 September 2020

   Added government response and follow up consultation.

2. 5 February 2019

   First published.