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Have your cake and eat it: Optimising value with combined LDI and CDI management

Selecting the right CDI strategy is key to the journey plan - whether that be run-on, buyout or maintaining medium term optionality. Read our new paper on the benefits of combining LDI and CDI management here.

03/07/2024

Brightwell publishes its Sustainability and TCFD report for 2023

Brightwell has today published its first Sustainability and TCFD report for the year ending 31 December 2023.  Sustainability is a core component of the Brightwell ethos. It is fundamental to the way we operate, and we’re pleased to share this report.

28/06/2024

Bright Insight – Q2 2024

We've released our latest quarterly newsletter, Bright Insight. This quarter's edition features a recap of all our industry awards since we started Brightwell, insights on surplus extraction and GMP equalisation, and the latest research on DB endgame options.

05/06/2024

Morten Nilsson – Navigating the Future: Insights on DB Schemes in the UK

CEO Morten Nilsson shares insights on Brightwell's journey, challenges in the industry, the allure of DB pensions, emerging alternatives like Collective Defined Contribution (CDC), and the crucial need for re-evaluating pension scheme management practices.

11/04/2024

Brightwell brings fully online retirements to BTPS members

Brightwell, the primary service provider to the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS), has launched a full self-serve online retirement journey for BTPS members. The new service leverages biometric identity verification and automatically diarises and pays out members’ pensions and lump sums. It is believed to be an industry first for a defined benefit (DB) scheme.

09/04/2024

Defined Benefit pension schemes taking a ‘Wait and See’ approach to endgames

New research from mallowstreet commissioned By Brightwell, the end-to-end service provider for DB schemes, reveals that large defined benefit (DB) schemes remain uncertain about their endgame.

05/03/2024

PensionsAge awards triple win

At the Pensions Age awards at the end of February, we were delighted to take home three gongs! Kicking off the night, Brightwell client BTPS took home the coveted DB Pension Scheme of the Year award. Brightwell won the prize for Pensions Administration and, to top the evening off, Brightwell group company Procentia was crowned Pension Technology Firm of the Year.

29/02/2024

Brightwell completes GMP equalisation for BTPS

Brightwell, the end-to-end service provider for DB schemes, and the primary services provider to the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS), today announced it has completed GMP equalisation (GMPe) for BTPS.

26/02/2024

Bright Insight – Q1 2024

We're proud to announce Bright Insight, our new quarterly newsletter. This quarter's edition features a recap of all our activities in 2023, interviews with our CEO Morten Nilsson and CIO Wyn Francis in the pensions industry press, our own articles from colleagues in Fiduciary and Member Services, and how we've helped make GMPe a bit easier for members to understand.

30/01/2024

Brightwell accredited to ISO 27001

Brightwell is pleased to announce accreditation to ISO 27001, a globally recognised standard for information security management systems.

22/01/2024