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Pensions Unpacked, brought to you by Brightwell is hosted by award-winning broadcaster Georgie Frost. Each episode explores the policies, pressures, and possibilities redefining pensions and retirement.
With expert guests, real-world insights, and clear conversation, we unpack complex topics to help you stay informed and inspired. Whether you’re a trustee, sponsor, or pensions professional, tune in to discover how the industry is evolving – and where it’s headed next.
In this edition of Pensions Unpacked, David Fairs, Chair, PASA, Helen Sparke, administration expert at Procentia, and Brightwell’s David Cheetham, join Georgie Frost to talk about the forces changing UK pension administration.
Pension administration is seen as the unglamorous side of the industry. Yet it’s critical to how schemes run and how members experience their retirement. As expectations rise and risks multiply, the pressure to modernise has never been greater. So how do we move administration from back-office function to genuine driver of value?






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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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