Morten Nilsson: More options are needed in order to deliver consolidation

Brightwell CEO says schemes should be aware of the merits of different choices

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Brightwell CEO Morten Nilsson

Morten Nilsson looks at the outlook for pension market consolidation.

The UK pensions market is hugely fragmented. According to the Pension Protection Fund's Purple Book, in 2022 there were estimated to be 5,131 UK defined benefit (DB) schemes with 80% of these havin...

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