All Barnett Waddingham articles
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People NewsAppointments: Gateley, TPT, Norfolk, Arc, Howden, Canada Life
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 18 September 2026.
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NewsWarning against ‘drift risk’ as half of schemes yet to set funding target
Trustees expect to reach their endgame objectives within about six to nine years, according to new research from Barnett Waddingham, but half have yet to set a formal funding target.
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FeaturesSizing up the challenge: Managing the transition from buy-in to buyout
Insurers and consultants are confident about their ability to handle the high volume of bulk annuity deals, but juggling demand for resources as schemes transition from buy-in to buyout could be tricky, as Bradley Gerrard reports.
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NewsDC consolidation: Four providers hold 70% of assets, study finds
As the government pushes forward with its £25bn scale requirement for DC schemes, new research shows that the sector is already dominated by a small number of providers.
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NewsTrustees under pressure to use surplus powers despite conflict concerns
With new surplus release flexibilities coming into force through the Pension Schemes Act, a survey of defined benefit pension scheme trustees has found a growing appetite for run-on but concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
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In DepthIn Depth: Surplus release could be limited by governance needs, industry says
Guardrails included in the government’s surplus release proposals may limit the scope and frequency of payments, according to several consultants.
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People NewsAppointments: BBC, Aptia, Railpen, Dalriada, Barnett Waddingham
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 30 January 2026.
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People NewsAppointments: TPR, Zedra, IGG, Aptia, Barnett Waddingham, Lumera
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 5 December 2025.
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People NewsAppointments: Interim CEO for PIC; BW names head of sole trusteeship
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 21 November 2025.
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People NewsAppointments: LPPI grows infrastructure team
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 7 November 2025.
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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.