Webinar

DC Futures: venturing into a world worth retiring into

calendar icon 20 October 2025

Key Topics

  • Climate and fiduciary duty in DC schemes
  • Investment risks of a 1.5°C vs 2.7°C world
  • Legal, VC and UK growth perspectives

Register for our DC Futures webinar. This is the second session in our DC Futures series, focused on this year's theme of resilience. We'll continue exploring how schemes can build resilience by looking at capital allocation, climate and continuity.

This session will focus on climate. We’ll explore how the evolving view of fiduciary duty is shaping defined contribution investment strategies, and what this means for trustees as they balance financial returns with members’ long-term living standards.

We’ll ask some of the big questions shaping strategies right now, including:

What are the implications of targeting a 1.5°C outcome when the world may land closer to 2.7°C? What would this mean for portfolios and risk management?

You’ll hear from:

  • Eversheds, on the legal landscape and how the shift towards prioritising members’ living standards could play out in practice.
  • NatWest Cushon, on the role venture capital can play in the climate transition – from backing new technologies to creating new opportunities for DC savers.
  • British Business Bank, on current initiatives to channel pension scheme investment into high-growth UK businesses, and how this ties to members’ long-term financial security.

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Don't worry if you can't join live, sign up anyway and you'll be able to access the webinar on-demand, at a time convenient to you.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

 

To watch the first webinar in our series, click here.

 

NOT ADVICE. The information made available in this webinar is for general information purposes only. It is not to be relied on for taking (or not taking) any action or decision. It is not a substitute for professional advice (including for legal, investment or tax advice) on specific circumstances. Your Hymans Robertson LLP consultant will be pleased to discuss any issue in greater detail.

Speakers

Alison Leslie
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Alison Leslie

Partner and Head of DC Investment

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Michael Jones

Partner and Head of DC, Eversheds Sutherland

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Hannah Gilbert

Director of Sustainability, British Business Bank

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Julius Pursaill

Strategic Advisor, NatWest Cushon

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