Dairy Crest has bought back properties owned by its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme ahead of the sale of the group's dairies business in December.
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Royal Philips has completed a £2.4bn buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) that will enable it to wind up its scheme following earlier transactions to insure almost £1bn in benefits.
Heathrow has unleashed a number of changes to its final salary scheme to reduce ongoing costs and deliver more affordable benefits to employees.
The ICI Pension Fund has completed four buy-ins over the last year to take its total benefits insured past £5bn in a strategy advisers say sets a blueprint for other large schemes.
Canada Life has completed its first ever bulk annuity transaction - completing a £5m pensioner buyout with Oundle School.
Debenhams has agreed to pay a total of £76m into its defined benefit (DB) schemes over the next eight years following the completion of the fund's triennial valuation in June.
Mercer has launched a service to give clients up to date buy-in and buyout pricing based on their scheme's data.
The funding deficit of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) has dropped from £550m to £90m as a result of cost cutting measures agreed following tough negotiations.
The funding level of Tesco's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme has fallen yet again as it revealed its first-half profits have more than halved.