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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Please save the 10th June, 3-5.30pm, for the 2025 DCIF Annual Event. We will share more details in due course on the research which we plan to launch at the event.

This will take place at the Great Hall at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, 60 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0JP.

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Research

Power Shift The Future of DC Asset Allocation

This report aims to move the current discussion about UK productive asset investment forward by exploring the opportunities that lie beyond current constraints and considering how productive finance might contribute to UK defined contribution (DC) pension growth.

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Transforming pension communication In an age of instant information

UK pension providers face an uncomfortable truth: they’re losing the battle for people’s attention. Over one-third of people in the UK don’t engage with their workplace pension; either it’s just not an imperative, or they find their pension difficult to understand.

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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.

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Decumulation: the nastiest problem in finance?

Decumulation: the nastiest problem in finance?

Mar 2, 2025 |

Author: Rebecca Fenton of Baillie Gifford “The nastiest, hardest problem in finance.” That’s how Professor William Sharpe, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, described decumulation. This and future generations will themselves bear the investment risk associated with...

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The asset managers that make up the DCIF are committed to promoting investment best practice within DC pension schemes.