Private credit recently hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons due to the collapse of First Brands and Tricolor. But these are not typical...
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In this edition we celebrate our recent win for BTPS at the UK Pensions awards, Douglas Clark explores the Brightwell approach to building portfolios, and we revisit our webinar on the Implications of the 2025 Pensions Schemes Bill for DB pensions.

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As the Pension Schemes Bill reaches its final phase, Morten Nilsson, CEO, Brightwell said: “The Pension Schemes Bill will introduce a number of important reforms which will shape the future direction of travel for pensions for decades to come.
Find out more about “Brightwell comments on the final phase of the Pension Schemes Bill”21/04/2026
Run-on has decisively overtaken buy-out as the dominant endgame for the UK’s largest defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. Seven in ten (70%) now target run-on, nearly double the 38% recorded just twelve months ago, while buy-out has collapsed to just 4%, according to new research published today by Brightwell in partnership with mallowstreet.
Find out more about “Endgame and Surplus report 2026: Run-on now dominant endgame for large DB schemes”30/03/2026
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