All Barnett Waddingham articles
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People NewsAppointments: Tegs Harding joins LPFA board; IGG names risk transfer chief
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 12 September 2025.
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People NewsAppointments: TfL Pension Fund boss to retire
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 18 July 2025.
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People NewsAppointments: Former Brunel chair adds two board positions
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 20 June 2025.
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People NewsAppointments: BESTrustees, Barnett Waddingham, LCP, Quantum, Nest
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 6 June 2025.
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NewsBarnett Waddingham acquired by Howden as consultant consolidation continues
The deal boosts Howden’s employee benefits proposition and follows several other acquisitions in the consulting space, including Mercer and Cardano, Gallagher and Redington, and Isio and K3 Advisory.
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NewsMansion House surpluses: pie in the sky or route to self sufficiency?
Barnett Waddingham’s assertion that the so-called Mansion House ‘reforms’ would have delivered as much as £50 billion in surpluses to FTSE 350 companies, had the strategy already been in place, received a mixed reception when wereported on it on 21 August.
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NewsMansion House reforms could deliver £50bn in surpluses and nullify new code
The so-called Mansion House ‘reforms’ would have delivered as much as £50 billion in surpluses to FTSE 350 companies, had the strategy already been in place, according to analysis by Barnett Waddingham.
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NewsP&O announces £440m scheme buy-in
The trustee of the P&O Pension Scheme has today announced that it has agreed a £440 million buy-in with Rothesay, securing the remaining benefits of 5,300 scheme members.
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Swap and bond rate dip increases average pension scheme buyout timeframe
The average time for a UK defined benefit pension scheme to make itself buyout ready rose from 5.1 to to 5.2 years between June and July 2023, according to Barnett Waddingham.
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OpinionDB CETVs: Spectre of mini budget and gilt crisis weighs on transfer requests
The three month period ending June 2023 was the third lowest quarter for transfer value activity, only beating two previous sector impacted by extraordinary market volatility - the second quarter of 2020 - the first pandemic lockdown - and the fourth quarter of 2022 after the 'mini-budget' fiasco, according to Barnett Waddingham.
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NewsStandard Life completes £1bn Chubb Pension Plan and Chubb Security Pension Fund buy in
Standard Life has concluded a £1bn bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction covering two schemes, the Chubb Pension Plan and the Chubb Security Pension Fund.
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Schools face a rise in pension contributions next year
Teachers' Pension Scheme contributions are likely to go by five per cent up from April 2024
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FeaturesWill DC consolidation present master trusts with crock of gold?
Within a decade, some 15 or more master trusts will have disappeared. Today, 36 players jockey for pole position. What will this huge transition mean for trustees, sponsors, and members, asks Stephane Hawthorne?
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OpinionDB pensions: Only five years left?
BWD client director Rob Hammond looks at how realistic it would be for all of the UK’s 5,000 or so defined benefit schemes to be bought out in the next five years.
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NewsTPR warned of ‘levelling down’ in DB funding code consultation
Respondents to the Pensions Regulator’s first consultation on its imminent defined benefit funding code have told the watchdog of their concerns over schemes “levelling down” to meet its fast-track valuation pathway, as well as noting their fears over a loss of flexibility.
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News‘Lower leverage is here to stay’: industry responds to LDI inquiry
The use of leverage in liability-driven investments should be reassessed, according to respondents to a Work and Pensions Committee inquiry.
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NewsMusicians’ Union scheme agrees full buyout
On the go: The £13mn Musicians’ Union Permanent Officials and Staff Pension Fund has agreed a full buyout with Aviva.
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FeaturesHow might DC investment reforms accelerate the push for net zero?
By Stephanie Baxter | November 8, 2022
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NewsLDI fund managers look to lower leverage in wake of market turmoil
Managers of liability-driven investments are likely to reduce the level of leverage used in their funds in the aftermath of the Bank of England’s intervention, investment consultants say.
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NewsUK bond yields continue to surge after chancellor’s ‘mini-Budget’
On the go: The value of UK Treasuries has fallen sharply after the fiscal statement on September 23, which announced a raft of unfunded tax cuts for businesses and high earners as well as homebuyers.