DB pensions webinar: Investing for endgame in a low credit spread environment

Having started his career as an actuarial consultant, he now specialises in advising on and implementing investment solutions for UK DB pension schemes, with a focus on endgame objectives.
He leads the development of Schroders' endgame proposition, designing investment strategies to support a safe transfer to an insurer through buyout or the continued running of a pension scheme, either on a low-dependency basis or to generate and distribute surplus.
Lawrence has more than 19 years' experience in the pensions industry, spanning actuarial consulting, investment analytics, investment advisory services and fiduciary management. He is a part-qualified actuary and holds a BSc in Neuroscience and Physiology from the University of Bristol.

A Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries with 15+ years in pensions investment consulting and fiduciary management, spanning roles at Aon, Cardano and PwC, she brings deep experience of credit, LDI and delegated investment governance to trustee boards overseeing DB and hybrid schemes from £80m to £1bn+.

She currently sits across several live buy-in, buyout and wind-up projects, as well as a scheme actively running on.

Duncan writes actionable thought leadership research to offer insights that help Schroders’ clients make better investing decisions.

Prior to joining Schroders, Duncan was a principal in the Global Asset Allocation team at Aon Hewitt, where he was responsible for developing the firm’s long-term strategic capital market assumptions and driving its medium-term asset allocation views across the full range of traditional and alternative asset classes.

He also had spells as an assistant director at a corporate finance boutique and as a trainee investment consultant. Duncan is a CFA charter-holder with a Master’s in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics from the University of Warwick, specialising in actuarial and financial mathematics.