All Bulk annuities articles – Page 8
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NewsMetal Box completes £2.2bn full buy-in with PIC
On the go: The Metal Box Pension Scheme has completed a full £2.2bn buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation, with plans to convert this to a buyout in November 2021.
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NewsBuilders’ merchant scheme secures £8m buy-in
On the go: The £9.4m Atkinson Northern Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme has secured an £8m buy-in with Legal & General Assurance Society.
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PodcastsPodcast: No way to avoid the indexation ‘rules lottery’ as inflation bites
Podcast: High inflation will spur more schemes to look to switch from the retail price index to the consumer price index, but there is still no way around the “rules lottery”. Eversheds Sutherland partner Stuart Earle and Aon partner Lynda Whitney discuss inflation, the botched attempt to raise the normal minimum pension age, and a new value for money framework.
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NewsSelecta UK scheme agrees £250m full buy-in with Legal & General
On the go: The Selecta UK Pension Plan has completed a £250m full buy-in with Legal & General Assurance.
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NewsKeysight plan agrees buy-in, motor industry section reaches buyout
Risk Watch: A roundup up of the latest derisking transactions, including the Keysight Technologies plan’s £250m deal with Just Group and Ashwal Garage’s insurance transaction with Aviva.
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NewsBulk annuity deals’ strong momentum to carry on into 2022
On the go: Around £25bn worth of bulk annuity transactions is expected by the end of the year, recovering from a slow start and creating momentum expected to carry over to trades in 2022, according to Aon’s latest risk settlement market update.
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NewsJohn Laing agrees £320m deal with Aviva, Artemis finalises full buy-in
Risk Watch: A roundup up of the latest derisking transactions, including the John Laing Pension Fund deal with Aviva, and Artemis Pension Plan’s full buy-in with Just Group.
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NewsChildren’s car seat manufacturer completes £30m triple buy-in
On the go: Britax Childcare Group has completed a triple buy-in for its three defined benefit schemes worth £30m with Just Group.
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NewsSignet Group scheme completes full buy-in with Rothesay
On the go: The Signet Group Pension Scheme has completed a £236m full buy-in with Rothesay. Mercer was the lead broker on the transaction.
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NewsUK’s bulk annuity market to reach £25bn in second half of 2021
On the go: Despite a quieter start to the year in the UK’s bulk annuities market, the second half of the year is “expected to be very busy” reaching a volume of around £25bn in deals, analysis from Legal & General has shown.
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NewsBritish American Tobacco secures second buy-in with PIC
On the go: The £4.2bn British American Tobacco UK Pension Fund, has signed an additional buy-in deal with Pension Insurance Corporation, insuring approximately £400m of pensioner liabilities.
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NewsLegal & General DB scheme secures £925m derisking transaction
On the go: The Legal & General Group UK Pension and Assurance Fund has completed a £925m assured payment policy transaction with Legal & General Assurance Society.
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NewsKingfisher completes £900m buy in; Londis scheme winds up
Risk watch: A roundup up of the latest derisking transactions, including the Kingfisher scheme’s £900m buy-in with Aviva and the Londis scheme winding up after a bulk annuity transaction.
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NewsDigital imaging scheme completes £230m buy-in
On the go: The Agfa UK Group Pension Plan has completed a £230m annuity buy-in transaction with Phoenix Group, covering 70 per cent of its pensioner liabilities.
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OpinionTop 5 considerations for trustees considering residual risk buyout
As pension trustees look to the future beyond Covid-19, many of them will be refocusing on the journey to buyout. Maria Rodia and Elaine He, of law firm CMS, outline the top five considerations trustees should keep in mind as they think about a residual risk buyout.
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NewsGivaudan scheme completes £64m buy-in with Aviva
On the go: The Givaudan UK Pension Plan has completed a £64m buy-in transaction with Aviva, covering the pensioner liabilities for 277 members.
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NewsMorrisons’ pension schemes complete buy-ins
On the go: The £5.1bn Morrison and Safeway Care Schemes, which include the Wm Morrison 1967 Section of the Morrisons Retirement Saver Plan and the Safeway Pension Scheme, entered into two new buy-in policies during the year to January 2021.
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NewsDB schemes overestimating endgame timeline goals
On the go: Almost half of defined benefit schemes are expecting to reach endgame in five to 10 years, which could be a cautious forecast as trustees’ risk missing strategic opportunities, according to Aon.
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NewsShipping agency scheme completes £17m buy-in with L&G
On the go: The John Good & Sons Limited Pension Scheme has agreed a £17m full scheme buy-in with Legal & General, covering the liabilities of more than 80 members.
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NewsDWP presses ahead with TCFD rules in time for COP 26
The Department for Work and Pensions is to press ahead with new rules that will require trustees to report on their schemes’ climate change investment risks by October, but has introduced a number of changes and easements to the regulations after industry concerns.