Risk Reduction

More than two-thirds now favour buyout as an endgame solution, up from 35% a year ago

Girish Menezes looks at how trustees can start preparing their data for a buyout

All member benefits are now insured, after scheme sponsor entered liquidation in 2018

Hymans Robertson says 124 transactions with an average size of £127m took place in H2

Deal secures the benefits of around 200 retired and deferred scheme members

Bloomberg says some pension managers expect to steadily abandon LDI approaches

Mathew Webb says a flexible approach to managing the journey to run-off is vital

However, analysis finds DB schemes are resilient and have enough assets for buyout

The deal covers 31 pensioners and six deferred members of the scheme

The BPA deal secures the DB liabilities of nearly 1,300 scheme members