Analysis: Longevity Swaps - Playing the long game

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A year on from the first UK pension scheme longevity swap, Laura Blows finds out what's been happening in the market

The growing interest around longevity hedging finally bubbled over last year as engineering firm Babcock became the first UK pension scheme to enter into a longevity swap. Babcock hit headlines ...

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