Shedding legacy models: a Python migration story
How we rebuilt a full suite of actuarial valuation models in Python, delivered on time for year‑end, and signed off with zero audit queries.
Are you confident you’re getting what you pay for?
Higher investment fees do not necessarily lead to better returns. We examine manager fees, performance, risk and service to help you assess value for money.
Asset managers’ ESG disclosures: rhetoric or cause for concern?
How are asset managers evolving their approach, what progress has been made, and what practical actions should asset owners consider?
Get future ready: Our LGPS governance roadmap
Major changes are on the horizon for administering authorities. Here’s how funds can start preparing now.
High trust and high expectations: BW’s professional trustee survey 2026
Building on themes from our 2025 report, this year’s research explores what schemes value, how preferences diverge, and the evolving pace of Corporate Sole Trusteeship.
Delivering a complex buy‑in with precision and collaboration
How BW helped the Dr. Martens Pension Plan secure a complex buy‑in quickly and confidently through expert leadership and collaborative planning.
Means testing the UK State Pension
Should the UK State Pension be means tested? We explore the case for and against, from retirement fairness and fiscal pressure to saving incentives and administrative complexity.
BW expands partnership with Pension Insurance Corporation
Barnett Waddingham has expanded its partnership with Pension Insurance Corporation, taking on full administration services for two schemes currently progressing to full buyout.
Innovative risk platform recognised at InsuranceERM Awards 2026
BW’s validateR platform was named ‘Risk innovation of the year’ for the second consecutive year at the 2026 InsuranceERM Awards.
Pension governance system celebrated at the 2026 PensionsAge Awards
Our General Code compliance platform, BW CORE, was given the ‘Innovation Award’ at the 2026 PensionsAge Awards.