All Buy-in articles – Page 16
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NewsBrewer's 'salami' derisking tactic is no small beer for liabilities
Midlands-based brewer Marston’s has bought in more than a third of its pension scheme liabilities since 2013 through a series of deals aimed at reducing volatility across its long-dated obligations and providing added security for members.
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News
Rebus reviews funding strategy in self-sufficiency drive
Rebus Pension Scheme is shooting for funding self-sufficiency with a review of its investment strategy aimed at boosting returns and diversification, but some commentators have raised questions over its loose definition.
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Opinion
DB schemes responding to challenges, but is it enough?
Defined benefit pension schemes are showing greater sophistication in their approaches to risk and improving their funding levels, but the challenging wider economic environment is hampering efforts.
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Opinion
Prepping for buyout: How the current derisking market affects your scheme?
Lincoln Pensions’ Darren Redmayne looks at practical steps schemes can take on the journey towards buyout.
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Features
What does the future hold for LDI?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, take a look into the future of liability-driven investment strategy, in the final part of this debate.
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News
Derisking market outpaces earlier estimates, topping £35bn
At £35bn, 2014's record derisking activity has exceeded initial estimates, a report has found, with experts also predicting a changing view of longevity will bring sustained market growth.
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Features
Reports predict bulk derisking boom as deficits rise
Around two-thirds of defined benefit schemes worth more than £1bn are exploring derisking strategies, according to research, with climbing deficits and product innovation seen as key drivers.
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Features
BAE sees four in 10 agree to give up pension increases
BAE Systems Pension Scheme has experienced a 38 per cent take-up of a pension increase exchange offered to pensioner members, in an exercise to reduce its inflation risk.
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Opinion
Why longevity swaps and LDI are losing out in current market conditions
Sackers’ Sebastian Reger takes the pulse of the bulk derisking market and explains why longevity risk transfers and liability-driven investment mandates are suffering, in the latest edition of Technical Comment.
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Opinion
A scheme guide to medically underwritten buy-ins
Premier Pensions’ John Herbert explains how schemes can complete a medically underwritten buy-in for their members, in this edition of Technical Comment.
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Opinion
Risk Transfer Index: June 2014
Data analysis: With gilt yields falling it has been a confusing period for investors – but what does it mean for derisking?
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News
Buy-in market predicted to reach new heights
The amount of scheme liabilities underwritten by insurers is expected to reach a record high this year as buy-ins become more affordable and scheme confidence grows, derisking consultants have said.
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NewsNext splits pension fund in bid to turn buy-in to buyout
High-street retailer Next is planning to complete a partial buyout worth around £150m within three months, after completing an innovative split of its pension fund to hive off the lion’s share of its pensioner liabilities.
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Opinion
Risk Transfer Index: March 2014
Data analysis: Equity market performance and gilt stability could make it better value for schemes to lock in any funding gains, according to market commentators.
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OpinionEditorial: Wisdom (outside) of the crowd
Consensus can sometimes feel like the wind that blows this industry along, carrying the latest products from scheme to scheme as managers try to meet common challenges.
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Opinion
Why buy-ins/buyouts are not always the right answer
Bulk annuity contracts such as buy-ins can actually increase a pension scheme’s overall risk, argues Mercer’s Andrew Ward, who looks at the alternatives to these deals in the latest Informed Comment.
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Opinion
How to determine the value to your scheme of a buy-in/buyout contract
In this week’s Technical View, Premier’s Claire Plackett explains how schemes can assess whether buy-in and buyout quotations offer value.
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Opinion
Why bulk derisking is the answer for almost all schemes
Towers Watson’s Ian Aley argues “almost every pension scheme” would benefit from buy-in or buyout, and explains how to take advantage of the current funding climate, in the latest Informed Comment.
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News
Why preparation might not be so crucial to buyout
News analysis: Schemes have been urged to get prepared for bulk derisking deals to benefit from affordability improvements, but one provider has said the necessity of preliminary work is often “overemphasised”.
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News
Poor data impeding derisking plans for smaller schemes
News analysis:Industry experts have said schemes with poor-quality information should not be put off derisking, following recent research showing many funds feel stifled by inadequate data.