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DB to DC transfers: the current landscape
In the first in a series of articles, we take a look at the DB transfer landscape from the viewpoint of DB schemes and the member adviser market and give some tho...
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The pursuit of Promoters: improving the employment experience
Our recent UK employer and employee experience surveys identified that a higher proportion of employees are more likely to be critical of their organisation than ...
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Proposed changes to RPI: What it means for DB pension schemes
Want to know how you can be better prepared for when The UK Statistics Authority changes the way RPI is calculated? Our latest paper explains and simplifies this ...
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FTSE 350 pensions: liability management under the spotlight
For most FTSE 350 companies, the DB pensions endgame may be several years away, but there is still a need to put a clear strategy in place now to ensure the journ...
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Preparing investment strategies for the FTSE 350 endgame
Investment strategies must evolve if companies are to avoid risk to their DB pension scheme ambitions. Discover the key recommendations from our latest research i...
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UK with-profits funds: investment performance and strategy
Our with-profits investment performance and strategy report enables insurers to compare the performance over the most recent one and five year periods, leading to...
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Where are FTSE 350 companies on the endgame journey?
Over 2019, market changes have resulted in an increase in the aggregate deficit - for many, this will push out the timescales to buyout. This highlights the impor...
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FTSE 100 dividends vs. deficit contributions
With the DB regulatory regime once again under review, the disparity between payments to shareholders and those paid to close pension scheme deficits will once mo...
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Big schemes – DB pensions heading for the endgame
Barnett Waddingham’s annual analysis of DB schemes in the UK (with assets over £1bn) is now available. As the only research of its kind, it highlights the continu...
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The £24 billion bulk annuity market: an upward trend
The bulk annuity market hit new heights in 2018. For the first time in history pension scheme buy-in and buy-out transactions exceeded £20bn, the £24bn completed ...