FIF25: Opportunities with DB pensions

No ‘one size fits all’ approach to endgame, with changing allocations within DB schemes

Jasmine Urquhart
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FIF25: Opportunities with DB pensions

There are “enormous opportunities” within defined benefit (DB) pensions, a session at the Future of Investment Festival (FIF) 2025 has said.

Speaking at the Beyond the Horizon: The Future of Defined Benefit Pensions talk, Barnett Waddingham partner and senior investment consultant Pallavi Aston said DB pensions is an "exciting" area, fo...

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