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News Release
Accessible & Affordable– Welcome to
Schroders ‘Flight Path Swift’
10 May 2013, London
Schroders is today announcing the launch of Flight Path Swift, a uniquely flexible defined benefit
investment solution for smaller pension schemes, designed specifically to focus on increasing funding
level protection. Made up of best practice investment building blocks of both growthi and matching
assetsii, Flight Path Swift provides an integrated decision making and investment framework.
With Flight Path Swift, the scheme’s funding level is monitored daily against its pre-agreed triggers and
action is taken when a trigger is met.
A recent independent surveyiii undertaken by UK pension scheme managers, trustees and independent
consultants provides a key insight into pension scheme funding and decision making. Our survey has
provided further evidence as to the importance of trustees having a plan that allows them to manage
funding level risk effectively. Respondents were asked:
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‘Has your scheme been fully funded over the last 10 years?’ 44% of respondents said yes, 56%
said that it had not. However, when we went onto ask ‘Is your scheme fully funded today?’ only 6%
said their scheme was fully funded, leaving 94% of the respondents with a short fall in their pension
scheme
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‘How often do you monitor your scheme’s funding level? Only 2% monitored daily, 7% weekly, 32%
monthly, 46% quarterly, 12% annually and 1% only monitored their scheme’s funding level at
triennial valuations

‘How much time does it take for a strategy decision to be implemented?’ 33% of the respondents
answered within a month, 31% of respondents said within a quarter, 19% said longer, 11% said
within a week and 6% said immediately
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Mark Humphreys, Head of UK Strategic Solutions, commented:
“At a time when pension scheme trustees are looking for comfort that funding level risks are being
managed, we have created a best practice investment solution at an affordable fee for pension schemes
of all sizes – many of which historically would have been too small to access such a solution. We are
able to do this by focusing on the core elements of the existing well-established Schroders Flight Path
offering. The fee structure of Flight Path Swift is totally transparent, reflecting a building block design,
with a low minimum fee.
“Every element of Flight Path Swift has been designed with ease of use in mind, from the documentation
to the straightforward way you can invest and change the strategy. Clients and their advisers are
involved in the big decisions- we can take care of the rest.”
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For further information, please contact:
Estelle Bibby, Senior PR Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7658 3431/ +44 (0)7770 496163 estelle.bibby@schroders.com
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i
A wide range of Schroders growth funds are available. Examples include the Schroder Life Diversified Growth Fund
and the Schroder Life QEP Core Global Equity Fund
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ii
The pension scheme’s matching assets will be invested in a combination of the Schroder Life Sterling Liquidity Plus
Fund and Schroders pooled Liability Driven Investment (LDI) funds
iii
Over 200 UK pension scheme managers, trustees and independent consultants took part in the survey in
November 2012
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