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Your defined benefit destination strategy

We want to help you build and execute a defined benefit (DB) strategy ─ one that helps you aspire to delivering optimal outcomes to meet your objectives. Our DB solutions bring together actuarial, administration, pension risk management and transfer, and investment services for a seamless, end-to-end experience.
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DB Plan Dashboard

This is an interactive online tool that provides an overview of key statistics from all your defined benefit plans globally, including investment strategy, funding position, projected cash flows and value at risk. It can be customized to drill down to different levels of plan information, and allows users to assess ‘what-if’ scenarios.

 

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Top considerations for DB plan sponsors in 2026

The defined benefit (DB) pension landscape in 2026 presents a nuanced environment marked by continued improvement in funded status, historically low credit spreads, and evolving regulatory and market dynamics. Plan sponsors face a complex interplay of challenges and opportunities as they navigate portfolio construction, risk management, surplus utilization, and plan governance to optimize plan sustainability and participant outcomes.
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Value of integrating actuarial services and investments

A strategy and delivery model that integrates assets and liabilities is critical to helping plan sponsors achieve their objectives. Read more about the potential advantages of an integrated model that may ultimately deliver better financial outcomes versus a separate-provider model.
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