Worked at Schroders investment bank in London? Your pension probably still exists. The name on your payslip may not.

If you worked in London for the Schroders investment bank before 2000, this page is for you. Schroders still exists as a firm, but the investment bank was sold, and that sale is the part that matters here. If you worked in Schroders' asset or wealth management, you are on a different trail.

What happened

Schroders dates its foundation to 1804 (Source: Schroders, our history, read 27 October 2026). Schroders sold its investment banking arm in 2000 (Source: Schroders, our history, read 27 October 2026). Salomon Smith Barney completed its acquisition of the global investment banking business of Schroders on 1 May 2000 (Source: Citigroup annual report for 2000, SEC, read 27 October 2026). Citigroup recorded that the combined European operations were then known as Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (Source: Citigroup annual report for 2000, SEC, read 27 October 2026).

Why the trail is hard

The name Schroders is still on a company, so it is easy to assume nothing changed. For the investment bank it did: the business was sold in 2000 and its European operations took a new name.

Which era were you in?

The employer's name and owner changed over the years, so the first question is which one you worked for. This holds for the dates in the left column.

Which pension arrangement applied to you depends on the company that employed you in those years and on your own terms. This page does not name a scheme or say who holds one today. A name that is right for the bank today may not have been right for your years, so we do not guess. Your report names it.

Not sure which row fits? Start the free check and tell us when you worked at the Schroders investment bank.

Do I have a pension from my Schroders investment bank years?

It depends first on when you left. The law set a minimum, and a scheme could always be more generous than the law.

If you left after 6 April 1988 with 2 years or more of service, you very likely have a preserved pension, if you were in the scheme.

Sources: the age 26 and 5 year rule, Social Security Act 1973, Schedule 16, paragraph 6(1), read 20 October 2026, in force from 6 April 1975 (Social Security Act 1973 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1973, read 20 October 2026). The age condition ended on 1 January 1986 (Social Security Act 1985, section 1, read 20 October 2026, and Social Security Act 1985 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1985, read 20 October 2026). Five years became two with effect from 6 April 1988 (Social Security Act 1973, Schedule 16 as amended, note on the Social Security Act 1986, section 10, read 20 October 2026). Two years today, and 30 days for money purchase service that began on or after 1 October 2015 (Pension Schemes Act 1993, section 71, read 20 October 2026).

The free official route comes first

The UK government's free Pension Tracing Service gives you contact details for a workplace pension scheme from the name of an employer. It has a limit, in its own words: "This service will not tell you whether you have a pension, or what its value is." (Source: GOV.UK, Find pension contact details, read 20 October 2026.)

With an old City bank, the name is the hard part. The name on your payslip is rarely the name on the record today, and a search for the wrong name finds the wrong scheme or nothing you recognise.

Former colleagues

We have not yet checked for alumni groups or reunions for the Schroders investment bank, so we list none. If you know of one, the notice board below is coming for exactly this.

Frequently asked questions

I worked for Schroders in asset management. Is that this page? No. Schroders sold only its investment banking arm in 2000 and kept the rest. Your pension may sit in a different place, and the report for it starts from your team and your years.

I joined Schroder Salomon Smith Barney after 2000. Is that this page? Partly. Your employer then was part of the Salomon group, so read our Salomon Brothers page too.

Do you contact the pension scheme for me? No. We identify who holds the pension and give you what to send. You contact them yourself, and the pension stays yours throughout.

Is the government tracing service not enough? It is the right first step, and it costs nothing. It gives a contact for a scheme name you already have. It will not tell you whether you have a pension, and with Schroders investment bank the name you remember is not the name on the record today.

What if you find nothing? We say so in the report. The refund promise sits next to the order button above.

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