BT Pension Scheme
United Kingdom
The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS or the Scheme) is the largest company pension scheme in the UK and one of the largest pension funds in Europe. A defined benefit pension scheme for employees, former employees and dependants of BT Group plc (BT) and some of its associated companies, the Scheme closed to new members in 2001 and to future accrual for most members in June 2018.
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BT Pension Scheme
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Overall | 87 | 3 | 77 | 12 | 63 | 32 | 74 | 14 | 56 | 45 | 42 | 64 | 49 | 54 | 47 | 57 | 47 | 57 | 81 | 7 | 82 | 6 | 83 | 4 | 88 | 2 | 81 | 7 | 74 | 14 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 43 | 58 | 40 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 50 | 39 | 68 | 49 | 54 | 43 | 61 | 66 | 29 | 67 | 27 | 61 | 38 | 57 | 43 | 54 | 47 | 64 | 31 | 63 | 32 | 63 | 32 | 58 | 40 | 46 | 60 | 66 | 29 | 38 | 69 | 35 | 72 | 40 | 65 | 51 | 52 | 35 | 72 | 40 | 65 | 37 | 71 | 25 | 74 | 11 | 75 | 73 | 16 | 77 | 12 | 81 | 7 | 72 | 18 | 73 | 16 | 89 | 1 | 55 | 46 | 70 | 23 | 43 | 61 | 40 | 65 | 47 | 57 | 43 | 61 | 58 | 40 | 63 | 32 | 63 | 32 | 78 | 10 | 67 | 27 | 72 | 18 | 69 | 24 | 72 | 18 | 69 | 24 | 78 | 10 | 59 | 39 | 63 | 32 | 53 | 48 | 68 | 26 | 83 | 4 | 72 | 18 | 48 | 56 | 38 | 69 | 71 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost | 69 | 11 | 67 | 15 | 55 | 34 | 69 | 11 | 58 | 26 | 45 | 47 | 58 | 26 | 55 | 34 | 45 | 47 | 64 | 17 | 69 | 11 | 65 | 16 | 90 | 3 | 68 | 14 | 73 | 9 | 57 | 30 | 54 | 38 | 60 | 22 | 55 | 34 | 56 | 33 | 53 | 40 | 45 | 47 | 59 | 24 | 55 | 34 | 57 | 30 | 37 | 59 | 34 | 61 | 24 | 67 | 41 | 54 | 23 | 68 | 39 | 58 | 26 | 65 | 26 | 65 | 14 | 73 | 50 | 42 | 37 | 59 | 30 | 62 | 29 | 63 | 54 | 38 | 7 | 75 | 15 | 71 | 20 | 69 | 18 | 70 | 13 | 74 | 73 | 9 | 76 | 7 | 93 | 1 | 76 | 7 | 81 | 4 | 91 | 2 | 15 | 71 | 51 | 41 | 28 | 64 | 41 | 54 | 40 | 57 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 42 | 50 | 42 | 64 | 17 | 50 | 42 | 60 | 22 | 58 | 26 | 57 | 30 | 42 | 51 | 77 | 6 | 42 | 51 | 63 | 19 | 59 | 24 | 61 | 21 | 79 | 5 | 58 | 26 | 42 | 51 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governance | 100 | 1 | 95 | 7 | 90 | 14 | 92 | 12 | 64 | 50 | 42 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 61 | 55 | 72 | 39 | 95 | 7 | 97 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 96 | 5 | 84 | 23 | 47 | 66 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 50 | 53 | 63 | 69 | 44 | 68 | 45 | 57 | 59 | 71 | 42 | 57 | 59 | 94 | 10 | 95 | 7 | 72 | 39 | 82 | 26 | 71 | 42 | 82 | 26 | 74 | 36 | 87 | 21 | 77 | 32 | 58 | 58 | 64 | 50 | 39 | 70 | 41 | 69 | 50 | 65 | 53 | 63 | 37 | 72 | 73 | 37 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 67 | 11 | 75 | 72 | 39 | 75 | 35 | 77 | 32 | 67 | 47 | 76 | 34 | 89 | 16 | 83 | 25 | 81 | 28 | 65 | 49 | 39 | 70 | 59 | 57 | 66 | 48 | 84 | 23 | 80 | 29 | 89 | 16 | 88 | 18 | 79 | 30 | 92 | 12 | 90 | 14 | 88 | 18 | 96 | 5 | 88 | 18 | 73 | 37 | 79 | 30 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 93 | 11 | 68 | 45 | 30 | 74 | 34 | 73 | 87 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance | 90 | 5 | 65 | 32 | 64 | 36 | 84 | 13 | 62 | 38 | 43 | 66 | 66 | 30 | 63 | 37 | 61 | 42 | 88 | 9 | 90 | 5 | 92 | 4 | 89 | 8 | 85 | 11 | 77 | 19 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 26 | 60 | 45 | 49 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 39 | 69 | 49 | 60 | 53 | 54 | 42 | 67 | 61 | 42 | 68 | 27 | 60 | 45 | 41 | 68 | 65 | 32 | 67 | 29 | 62 | 38 | 60 | 45 | 61 | 42 | 85 | 11 | 51 | 56 | 51 | 56 | 72 | 23 | 75 | 21 | 24 | 74 | 39 | 69 | 49 | 60 | 25 | 73 | 21 | 75 | 60 | 45 | 68 | 27 | 75 | 21 | 66 | 30 | 62 | 38 | 95 | 1 | 48 | 64 | 94 | 2 | 33 | 72 | 38 | 71 | 45 | 65 | 60 | 45 | 59 | 51 | 76 | 20 | 82 | 16 | 82 | 16 | 60 | 45 | 65 | 32 | 62 | 38 | 71 | 24 | 65 | 32 | 70 | 25 | 59 | 51 | 51 | 56 | 51 | 56 | 83 | 14 | 93 | 3 | 90 | 5 | 87 | 10 | 80 | 18 | 83 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Responsible Investment | 85 | 11 | 78 | 27 | 53 | 47 | 61 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 45 | 52 | 15 | 69 | 15 | 69 | 17 | 67 | 87 | 8 | 81 | 22 | 88 | 7 | 84 | 14 | 84 | 14 | 72 | 35 | 59 | 43 | 54 | 45 | 42 | 55 | 73 | 32 | 44 | 53 | 34 | 59 | 19 | 66 | 22 | 63 | 11 | 72 | 80 | 25 | 84 | 14 | 77 | 29 | 71 | 36 | 70 | 37 | 93 | 3 | 81 | 22 | 85 | 11 | 78 | 27 | 57 | 44 | 73 | 32 | 32 | 60 | 22 | 63 | 12 | 71 | 29 | 61 | 77 | 29 | 39 | 56 | 22 | 63 | 17 | 67 | 3 | 73 | 94 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 89 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 84 | 14 | 94 | 1 | 84 | 14 | 65 | 40 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 37 | 57 | 3 | 73 | 54 | 45 | 44 | 53 | 28 | 62 | 90 | 4 | 87 | 8 | 82 | 20 | 73 | 32 | 80 | 25 | 84 | 14 | 85 | 11 | 70 | 37 | 67 | 39 | 51 | 49 | 81 | 22 | 77 | 29 | 82 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 0 | 75 | 61 | 41 |
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Fund Insights
BT Pension offers innovative solutions for UK funds battling value leakage
The BT Pension Scheme has rebranded as Brightwell to offer its asset management expertise to the UK's DB funds. Morten Nilsson argues the case for ditching a complex landscape of advisory and asset management services and the buyout model for Brightwell's holistic offering.
Lessons in LDI: It can’t be managed on autopilot
Chaos in the UK gilt market has put LDI strategies under unprecedented pressure. Pension funds need to re-evaluate their hedging levels before the BofE removes support.
War in Ukraine threatens net zero targets
The UK's BT Pension Scheme's CIO Wyn Francis reflects on the pressure war in Ukraine will put on investors net zero targets.
UK’s BTPS forges independent identity
Since splitting from its former inhouse manager, Hermes, the £50 billion British Telecom Pension Scheme has set about redefining itself. With a self-reliance borne of technology, the fund has brought portfolios and functions inhouse and started a bigger push into mature infrastructure.