Financial Times FT.com

Resources

Slaughter and May logo
Slaughter and May

Financial Services 2009

View full ranking
Choose from rankings list Prev
Rankings at a glance
Award levelHighly commended
InnovationSplitting the Bradford & Bingley pension scheme
Originality6
Rationale7
Impact6
Total19
DescriptionTo transfer the retail deposit books of B&B to Abbey the firm had to split the pension scheme into two sections, sharing trustees but with separate assets and liabilities. This minimised Abbey’s pension exposure without damaging scheme members’ interests