All Buy-in articles – Page 10
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L&G scheme secures £400m derisking transaction
On the go: The Legal & General Group UK Senior Pension Scheme completed an assured payment policy transaction worth around £400m with the Legal & General Assurance Society in December 2020.
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Marie Curie scheme completes £30m buy-in
On the go: The £30.8m Marie Curie Cancer Care Pension Scheme has agreed a full-scheme bulk annuity transaction worth around £30m with Legal & General.
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Plumbing business freed of DB scheme liability
On the go: UK-based heating and plumbing distribution business Wolseley is set to be freed of its defined benefit scheme liability following its acquisition by a private investment company.
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Bulk annuities growth dependent on ‘jumbo’ deals and consolidators
On the go: While the UK bulk annuity market is expected to continue to thrive in 2021, its significant growth will depend on ‘jumbo’ deals and on the development of the consolidators’ market, according to Aon.
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Maersk scheme completes £1.1bn buy-in with L&G
On the go: The Maersk Retirement Benefit Scheme has agreed to a £1.1bn buy-in with Legal & General, covering the benefits of 1,900 deferred members and 3,000 pensioners.
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Aon Retirement Plan completes £510m buy-in
On the go: The Aon Bain Hogg Pension Scheme section of the Aon Retirement Plan has completed a £510m pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows.
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NewsEngineering group speeds up derisking as market nears £30bn
At the tail end of what has been the second biggest year ever for derisking transactions, engineering services group Renew Holdings completed a £110m buy-in with Rothesay Life for its Lovell Pension Scheme.
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National Grid scheme completes £800m buy-in
On the go: The National Grid UK Pension Scheme has completed a buy-in transaction with Rothesay Life, worth around £800m.
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Arcadia trustees in talks with The Pension SuperFund
On the go: Trustees of the embattled Arcadia pension funds are in talks with The Pension SuperFund, which could result in the schemes being absorbed by the consolidator.
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Arcadia, Debenhams the first high street dominoes to fall
High street retailer Debenhams became the latest domino to fall following the collapse of Philip Green’s Arcadia Group on Monday, with the pension schemes of both now entering the Pension Protection Fund assessment period.
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Aviva staff scheme completes £875m buy-in
On the go: The Aviva Staff Pension Scheme has completed a £875m buy-in with Aviva that covers the defined benefit pension liabilities of 2,868 members.
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Smiths Group completes £146m buy-in with Canada Life
On the go: The engineering company has secured a £146m bulk annuity deal with Canada Life for the Smiths Industries Pension Scheme.
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M&S completes two buy-ins worth £750m
On the go: Marks and Spencer has completed a £390m buy-in transaction with Aviva and a £360m similar transaction with Phoenix Group for its pension scheme, totalling around £750m in bulk annuity deals.
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Old British Steel scheme agrees £2bn buy-in
On the go: Thousands of steelworkers could receive a boost to their pensions after a £2bn buy-in was agreed — a first step towards a full buyout, taking the scheme out of the Pension Protection Fund.
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Regulator unveils superfunds guidance for trustees
The Pensions Regulator has published new guidance for defined benefit schemes transferring into a commercial consolidation 'superfund', placing the burden of proof on trustees to show that their plan is in members' best interests.
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Ibstock Pension Scheme completes £340m buy-in
On the go: Ibstock has completed a £340m buy-in transaction with Just Group representing 50 per cent of total liabilities of its defined benefit pension scheme.
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Smiths Group completes £142m buy-in with Aviva
On the go: Smiths Group, an industrial technology company, has completed a £142m buy-in transaction with Aviva for the TI Group Pension Scheme.
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Bulk annuity volumes hit £12.6bn in H1 2020
On the go: Total buy-in and buyout volumes reached £12.6bn in the first half of this year, the second-highest value on record, according to analysis published by LCP.
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Marathon scheme completes £610m buy-in with Rothesay Life
On the go: Oil and gas production company RockRose has completed a full £610m buy-in with Rothesay Life for the Marathon Service Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme.
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Hitachi completes £275m buy-in with L&G
On the go: The Hitachi UK Pension Scheme has agreed a £275m buy-in transaction with Legal & General that covers the remaining deferred members and retirees, after a similar deal in 2018 with Scottish Widows.