All Buy-in articles – Page 17
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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.
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News
Small schemes offered off-the-peg buyouts to speed up derisking
Small schemes will be offered standarised buyouts to decrease the time and cost associated with bespoke bulk annuity purchases, a model that has gained popularity in the buy-in market.
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Features
Tips for managing cost of small scheme derisking
Small schemes looking to derisk should ensure a high standard of data cleansing and carry out a mortality analysis to manage the costs involved, finds Pippa Stephens.
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Features
Achieving fixed price key to Arnold Laver buyout
Timber firm Arnold Laver secured a fixed price for its £45m buyout thanks to an enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercise and a long-term strategy of hedging risk.
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Features
Why stalling on buyout could cost members
Schemes looking to derisk are facing fewer barriers and better value for their members, but they need to move fast, argues Long Acre Life’s David Norgrove.
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FeaturesBritish Steel shares longevity risk with members
The £11.4bn scheme has followed other large schemes – including John Lewis and BAE Systems – in using longevity adjustment factors to manage risk
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Features
MNOPF readies for final derisking step
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has sold assets and shifted its investment approach to prepare for a deal to insure the remaining liabilities of its £1.3bn defined benefit old section.
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Features
Insurers deliver flexible derisking payment plans
Schemes looking to take advantage of the current favourable pricing in the derisking market have been offered a range of flexible payment options by insurers.
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Features
Schemes warned of pitfalls in approaching buyout
Schemes looking to take advantage of the current attractive pricing in the derisking market are advised to improve their governance structure to get the best deal.