DB endgame

The majority of sub-£250m schemes plan to achieve a buyout as their scheme’s endgame even if pricing opportunities are not necessarily in their favour, Mercer research finds.

Pension schemes could be accidentally pushing themselves further from their endgame by agreeing “fashionable” buy-ins with insurers.

A Barnett Waddingham survey highlights the continued decline in DB schemes. Kim Kaveh looks at the data.