Longevity risk - be careful out there...

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Longevity risk the financial risk caused by scheme members living longer than anticipated has received much press over the past few years, causing trustees and sponsors of defined benefit schemes to perceive it as an acute concern.

Innovative risk reduction solutions such as longevity swaps have come to market and have generated much interest. Scheme longevity assumptions have generally increased, in tandem with low real r...

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