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    DC in focus: Large DC Schemes Analysis 2025

    In a rapidly evolving pension landscape, our latest analysis highlights scale as an emerging theme.

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    FTSE 350 pensions: preparing for a transaction

    How can FTSE 350 pension schemes capitalise on improved funding levels to achieve buyout faster?

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    DB pension member options – Part one: options and choice

    New research reveals how pension scheme members and trustees feel about retirement support in DB pension schemes.

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    FTSE 350 pensions: big step forward for DB endgame

    Barnett Waddingham examines the impact of economic changes on the DB pension endgame journey, and consider the risks and opportunities.

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    Fiduciary Manager Investment Performance Review 2021

    Our annual review of Fiduciary Manager performance covering 2021 is now available and free to download.

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    Bulk annuities: focusing on longevity

    We examine the impact of Covid-19 on longevity and mortality assumptions — and how this might affect DB pension schemes and bulk annuity pricing.

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    Bulk annuities: navigating the de-risking journey

    The start to 2021 was slower than anticipated for the bulk annuity market. But a resilient market is now experiencing a resurgence in scheme buyouts.

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    Large Schemes 2021 report

    Our 2021 report shows there has been a 90% increase in pension schemes with assets over £1 billion since our first report in 2013.

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    FTSE350 pensions – DB transfers and the endgame

    This report on the FTSE350 DB pension market examines the transfer value experience of schemes since ‘Freedom and Choice’ and the influence on the time to endgame.

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    FTSE350 pensions – Covid-19 impact on life expectancy

    Our second report on the FTSE350 DB pension market analyses the potential impact of Covid-19 on life expectancy and the influence on DB schemes’ endgame journey.

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    FTSE350 pensions – DB endgame back on course

    It appears the FTSE350 DB schemes’ journey to the endgame is now firmly back on course – illustrating the importance of developing, monitoring and refining endgame …

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