Capacity crunch hitting pension scheme managers

Six in seven managers lack sufficient expertise to tackle technical projects

Martin Richmond
clock • 2 min read
Capacity crunch hitting pension scheme managers

Just under half (47%) of pension scheme managers have worked extra hours to remain on top their workloads, analysis by Barnett Waddingham has found.

The survey of scheme managers conducted by the consultancy revealed only a minority (16%) said they had the adequate expertise required when it came to working on technical projects. Consequently, ...

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