Take time to assess endgame plans amid 'significantly changed' landscape, says Hymans Robertson

Consultancy says DB market has undergone a ‘vast’ and ‘significant’ change in recent years

Martin Richmond
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McLaren: The DB landscape has been transformed at an incredible speed in the last few years
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McLaren: The DB landscape has been transformed at an incredible speed in the last few years

Defined benefit (DB) schemes should take time and consider their endgame strategies amid a “significantly” changed pensions landscape, Hymans Robertson has said.

The consultancy's latest Excellence in Endgames paper said it is a "pivotal" and "exciting" time for those managing DB schemes with the conversation shifting from tackling deficits to taking advant...

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