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A clearer route to global retirement confidence

Marsh BrightPath is Marsh’s global defined contribution savings solution giving multinational employers a more coordinated way to access DC solutions across countries – offering investment expertise, governance support, and digital member tools in a delegated model that helps make retirement simpler for employers and their people.

With more than $116bn* in assets under management, Marsh BrightPath aims to bring institutional scale to retirement savings across six global markets: Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, UK and the US.

Multinational employers rarely manage a single retirement plan. Often, they are managing multiple arrangements shaped by local regulation, investment structures, providers and the specific needs of their people.

BrightPath brings Marsh’s local retirement propositions together in one coordinated global approach, giving employers a clearer view of their investment, governance and retirement outcomes while tailoring to what matters in each market.

How Marsh BrightPath works

It brings together the investment thinking, governance support and member experience employers need to manage global retirement arrangements more effectively across the local markets they operate in. 

  • Thinking focused on retirement outcomes

    We apply institutional investment thinking with a clear focus on the retirement outcomes savers need.

    This means looking beyond individual products or short-term performance to consider diversification, risk, lifecycle design, cost and investment opportunities in the context of long-term retirement needs. 

  • Making management easier

    Marsh BrightPath brings governance oversight and specialist retirement expertise into the running of the plan. For employers, this means less day-to-day oversight, clearer accountability and more specialist input into the decisions that shape retirement outcomes.

    Our governance support varies by market with a common goal: providing specialist support where it can make the biggest difference. 

  • Building confidence in retirement

    The best retirement designs should deliver for each saver.

    It combines institutional investment thinking with support and digital tools that help people understand their retirement savings, see where they stand, and make more informed decisions over time.

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Global direction for a local journey

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*For illustrative purposes only. Global AUM presented as of June 30, 2026. Marsh BrightPath is comprised of bundled defined contribution solutions that include both discretionary asset management services and additional administrative or operational support services. Plans that have bespoke, customized investment mandates are excluded. Asset totals may differ from regulatory assets under management.

What Marsh BrightPath can do for employers

Managing retirement across markets can make it harder to see how individual plans are invested, governed and performing.

It brings institutional investment thinking, experienced governance support and local retirement expertise together, helping employers simplify oversight, share appropriate responsibilities and keep the focus on better retirement outcomes. 

    Three core principles

    • Tailored plans to each market's economic and demographic context

    • Automatic lifecycle investing from growth through drawdown

    • Early compounding through consistent contributions and long horizons

    • Net outcomes drive decisions, not fees alone

    • Income through retirement, not just accumulation phase

    • Default glidepaths and drawdown strategies for longevity

    • Diversified portfolios across asset classes and geographies

    • Scale and consolidation to reduce costs and improve outcomes

    • Governance oversight

    • Auto-enrolment and default options for universal coverage

    • Member control aligned with risk tolerance and lifecycle

    • Transparent communication and digital access to progress

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    Whether you are looking at your organization’s retirement arrangements in one market or reviewing plans across several, Marsh can help you understand the options available and how BrightPath could support your people. 

    Learn more about it and the retirement solutions available in your market.

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