Risk Reduction
Risk Reduction
Longevity hedges have long been considered a hurdle to doing a bulk annuity, but a ground-breaking deal shows it doesn't have to be. Stephanie Baxter looks at why converting swaps into buy-ins is taking off.
10 April 2017
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6 min read
Defined Benefit
Higher health and social care spending between 2000 and 2010 may have caused a blip in longevity estimates by accelerating improvements, according to Barnett Waddingham.
29 March 2017
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
The PPF's David Taylor speaks to Stephanie Baxter about how it could reduce the pressure on smaller schemes, and how sponsors will be impacted by its planned levy changes
29 March 2017
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is proposing changes to its levy rules for the next triennium from 2018/19 to develop a more accurate assessment of insolvency risk.
23 March 2017
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Phoenix Life has announced it completed a buy-in for its UK defined benefit (DB) scheme last December, making it the largest de-risking transaction of the year.
21 March 2017
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Trustees of an industry-wide charity pension scheme have completed a £70m buy-in with Aviva, which will flip into a full buyout with the insurer over the next 12 months.
20 March 2017
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
De-risking deals hit £10.2bn last year thanks to a busy second half as concerns over Solvency II waned, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
20 March 2017
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The trustees of the Alps Electric Pension Scheme have concluded a £33m buyout of its liabilities with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).
14 March 2017
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The PPF's plans to impose a new levy model on schemes that cease to have a substantive sponsor have received mixed reactions from the industry, writes Stephanie Baxter
13 March 2017
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
Prudential Retirement has reinsured benefits for around 22,500 pensioners, after taking on liabilities from Rothesay Life in their sixth deal together.
10 March 2017
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1 min read
