All Buy-in articles – Page 3
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NewsBrookfield and Utmost to enter bulk annuity market
North American financial services giant Brookfield is set to become the latest insurance provider in the bulk annuity market.
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NewsPIC seals biggest buy-in of the year with £1.2bn TotalEnergies deal
Pensions Insurance Corporation (PIC) has completed a £1.2bn buy-in with the Total Energies UK Pension Plan, securing benefits for more than 5,500 people.
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NewsBulk annuity update: L&G targets £65bn in new business by 2028
Legal & General (L&G) expects to write up to £65bn worth of bulk annuity business by 2028, according to a business update.
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NewsThe new buyout brigade
The questions trustees should ask when considering an insurance transaction with a new entrant to the market
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NewsRethinking the DB endgame
DB schemes could be missing a trick by completing insurance transactions, according to new research
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NewsBPA boom: Who will be next to enter the market?
M&G’s re-entry into the bulk purchase annuity market takes the number of UK providers to nine, with others expected to follow by the end of the year.
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NewsM&G re-enters bulk annuity purchase market
M&G has announced a £331m buy-in transaction of the M&G Group Pension Scheme (M&GGPS), one of the group’s own pension schemes, as well as a £286m bulk annuity transaction for an external scheme.
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NewsABI’s pension scheme completes £18.4m buy-out with Just Group
The deal secures the benefits of remaining members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) sponsored pension scheme, including 16 pensioners and 118 deferred members.
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NewsP&O announces £440m scheme buy-in
The trustee of the P&O Pension Scheme has today announced that it has agreed a £440 million buy-in with Rothesay, securing the remaining benefits of 5,300 scheme members.
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NewsK3, Just and Cartwright complete £7m buy-in with undisclosed food manufacturer
K3 Advisory, an independent bulk annuity and consolidator advisory business, and actuary and consultant Cartwright, have announced the successful completion of a £7m buy-in for the pension scheme of a company in the food manufacturing sector.
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NewsHammerson completes £90m BPA deal with Just
The £90m bulk purchase annuity transaction between Just and the Hammerson Group Management Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme was advised by LCP.
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NewsMabey Pension Scheme completes £94m buy-in with Just Group
Mabey Holdings' scheme, advised by Isio, has completed a buy-in with Just Group.
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NewsDB schemes could face extra costs after High Court judgement
Virgin Media case could render contracting-out changes invalid, if schemes cannot produce a section 37 certificate
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OpinionWhy two pairs of eyes are better than one (for DB sponsors)
When it comes to running defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, sponsoring employers have long suffered from increasing complexity, regulatory burden and cost.
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NewsIMI 2014 Deferred Fund signs £175mn partial buy-in
On the go: The £563mn IMI 2014 Deferred Fund has signed a partial £175mn buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation.
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NewsMorrisons scheme secures buy-in on back of gilt yields rise
On the go: The Wm Morrison 1967 Pension Scheme has agreed a £762mn buy-in with Rothesay, securing the remainder of the liabilities for the 1967 section of the Morrisons Retirement Saver Plan.
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NewsChemical company scheme agrees £430mn buy-in
On the go: The Tioxide Pension Fund has agreed to a £430mn buy-in with Legal & General.
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NewsLDI turmoil could reduce DB schemes’ investment in illiquids
The fallout from the September market turmoil will be “wide-ranging” for UK defined benefit schemes, with regulatory changes influencing their capacity to invest in less-liquid growth strategies, according to a new report from Bloomberg Intelligence.
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NewsFull scheme buy-ins to dominate market in 2023
On the go: With many defined benefit schemes advancing in their derisking plan due to higher gilt yields, WTW is expecting full scheme buy-ins to dominate a “busy market”.
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NewsNew British Steel scheme secures third buy-in
On the go: The British Steel Pension Scheme has signed a £2bn buy-in with Legal & General, bringing the total liabilities insured to around 60 per cent.