“This mind-set change is most definitely now happening” My article in issue 4 2023 of Bandwagon “Pension surpluses – what now?” ended with the following thought: “Ultimately a mind-set change may be warranted, as we move from an environment where schemes presented seemingly ever-growing liabilities, as yields fell, to one where they present opportunities to… Read More »
We are delighted to announce that Charlie Forshaw has been awarded BWCI’s 2025 student bursary this year. Our bursary scheme, which has been operating for over 15 years, provides financial support throughout the student’s undergraduate studies, as well as a minimum of eight weeks’ practical work experience each year outside of university term… Read More »
BWCI is pleased to announce another bumper year with 13 staff promotions. Within our Pensions Administration team Emma Guilbert, Linda Priede and Enya Rabey have completed their initial training period to become Administrators, and Rachel Bihet has been promoted to Senior Administrator. Helen Marriott, who heads up our client accounting team has been… Read More »
BWCI is delighted to announce the promotion of Anna Gray to Partner. Anna joined BWCI in April 2023 and currently sits on the boards of BWCI’s fiduciary companies. A pensions lawyer by background, Anna brings her legal skills to overseeing the team that administers some of BWCI’s more bespoke pension arrangements. These cover both corporate… Read More »
By Will Bean at BWCI william.bean@bwcigroup.com “2024 saw record low mortality rates” The Continuous Mortality Investigation (“CMI”) publish regular quarterly updates on the trends observed in mortality rates in England and Wales. Their analysis is based on the death data published by the Office of National Statistics (“ONS”) and the latest update provides some interesting observations… Read More »