Research

Our annual survey of FTSE100 pension disclosures shows deficit levels have not improved as anticipated. Despite significant contributions made by scheme sponsors and a decrease of £15bn in the deficit last year, the overall remained at around £20bn.

This survey looks at constituent companies of the Scandinavian OMX Share Index that have UK subsidiary companies that participate in DB pension schemes and covers 18 companies with an aggregate of around £5.9bn of UK pension liabilities between them.

This survey looks at constituent companies of the Spanish IBEX and Italian FTSE MIB share indices that have UK subsidiary companies with DB pension schemes and covers 13 Southern European companies with around £39bn of UK pension liabilities between them.

The workplace wellbeing index is based on an online survey carried out in early 2017. The survey received 145 usable responses from employers across all regions of the UK, providing benefits to more than 250,000 employees.

We began dealing with auto-enrolment (AE) in 2011, in preparation for large employers who needed to comply with the new laws. Since then, we have dealt with employers with thousands of employees, right down to employers with just a handful. This experience has helped us to understand the challenges faced by employers of all sizes preparing to meet their AE duties. This guide is intended to help you with some of the initial planning and preparation ahead of your staging date.

This is our eighth annual survey of the assumptions adopted by UK universities for determining the value of their pension liabilities for accounting purposes.

Our ‘Generation WHY? survey, now in its third year, highlights important generational attitudes and perspectives towards money matters as well as savings and how personal affluence affects outlook.

This survey looks at French companies, almost all of which are constituents of the CAC40 index, which have UK subsidiary companies with DB pension schemes. The survey covers 14 French companies with around £22.2bn of UK pension liabilities between them.

This survey relates to constituent companies of the Dutch AEX share index that have UK subsidiary companies with defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. The survey covers seven Dutch companies with around £9.3 billion of UK pension liabilities between them.

This survey examines German companies, the majority of which are constituents of the DAX index, which have UK subsidiary companies with defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. The survey covers 21 German companies with around £26.4bn of UK pension liabilities between them.