The Defined Contribution Investment Forum
Dedicated to promoting investment excellence in DC pensions.
Welcome to the DCIF
We’re a group of asset managers who believe that a well designed and diverse investment strategy has an important role in delivering a comfortable retirement for millions of DC savers.
A not-for-profit organisation, we commission and publish research which shines a spotlight on DC investment issues. We hope the people who determine DC pension schemes’ investment strategies will use it to inform their work.
We also arrange events. From virtual roundtables to in person gatherings, they’re a great way to learn more about DC investment issues and meet a like-minded community of trustees, pensions managers, investment consultants and more.
If you would like to come to our events or find out when we release a research paper, please register.
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Changing World, New Opportunities
Research
Power Shift The Future of DC Asset Allocation
Transforming pension communication In an age of instant information
As a DCIF member, you will become part of a collaborative and influential DC community that is shaping the investment landscape in this fast evolving sector.
DCIF Members
DCIF Views
Being a fully engaged ‘quality’ shareholder is the best way to provide returns for members
By Rebecca Fenton, Client Director at Baillie Gifford & Co Active fund managers are fighting a long uphill battle. Average performance has persistently lagged benchmarks. Market domination by a few large tech companies and growing hunger for quick returns don’t...
Is the UK pensions industry in danger of doing the right thing in the wrong way?
By David Whitehair, chair of the DCIF and director, institutional at Lombard Odier Investment Managers As chair of the Defined Contribution Investment Forum (DCIF), I welcome the growing momentum behind calls to align long-term pension capital with long-term UK...
DC pensions – as simple as possible, as complex as necessary
Hugh Cutler, Chief Commercial Officer, Mobius. The UK DC market is growing rapidly – auto-enrolment, the death of DB, pension freedoms, Master Trusts, consolidation. Between the trust, contract and SIPP market, we are rapidly approaching £1.5tn for over 30 million...
The asset managers that make up the DCIF are committed to promoting investment best practice within DC pension schemes.