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Pension Trustees: The Planning Puzzle
Looking for research to help with your responsibilities as a pension trustee? Download our latest fiduciary report, covering the wide-ranging challenges and investment opportunities that face pension trustees today.
Pension trustees
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Read our exclusive fiduciary report and gain access to research on the changing landscape for trustees.
Developed in partnership with Censuswide, our investment research shines a spotlight on upcoming priorities for Professional DB Scheme Trustees and their boards:
- How to plan trustee funding targets
- Why trustee investment plans struggle with risk analysis
- Uncertainty around trustee regulations have affected investment appetite
- Why two out of five pension trustees plan to step down from their role within a year
- Key fiduciary risk examples and guidance
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Pension trustees
Research at a glance
Regulatory uncertainty, inflation risk and market turbulence can impact the roles and responsibilities for professional pension trustees. Our research was carried out by Censuswide in July 2022 among a broad, cross-spectrum of 70 professional trustees from UK DB pension schemes.
73%
of professional pension trustees from DB Pension Schemes are yet to set a long-term funding target.
39%
Or two fifths of professional pension trustees say their long-term funding target is going or likely to be self-sufficiency. This is up from 51% last year.
80%
of professional DB pension trustees plan to step down from their role within 3 years.
The volatility of recent months has shone a spotlight on how vital expertise and experience are in the management of pension funds. As the landscape for DB schemes gets more complex, professional trustees hold a critical position on the board as trusted and expert voices.
Bob Campion
Senior Portfolio Manager, Charles Stanley Fiduciary Management
The challenges pension trustees face today
Our new series of videos explore the key findings from our research survey of DB trustees, which looked to understand pension trustees' needs, concerns and their views on an industry that's rapidly changing shape.