Swedish bank outsources German defined benefit scheme in organisational overhaul. : With assets of in excess of £1.8trn, DB occupational pensions easily represent the single largest stock of financial savings in the UK The typical investor is probably behind the times when it comes to understanding the implications of China’s rise The tenth anniversary of the global financial crisis is an apposite time to examine how it changed the world for investors  Swedish banking group SEB has outsourced its German defined benefit (DB) pension assets to the pension provider for the German financial sector, BVV.