Half of DB trustees now have endgame strategy

Standard Life finds barriers include market volatility and investment strategy

Jasmine Urquhart
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Half of DB trustees say barriers like market volatility and investment strategy are keeping them from pursuing endgame
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Half of DB trustees say barriers like market volatility and investment strategy are keeping them from pursuing endgame

Half (50%) of defined benefit (DB) trustees now have an endgame strategy in place, research from Standard Life has found, however barriers to pursuing the goal remain for some.

The research, which surveyed 50 DB trustees of schemes larger than £100m in May this year, found the most common barriers to pursuing endgame were market volatility (40%), investment strategy issue...

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