The potential pitfalls of a buy-in

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While buy-ins can provide an immediate reduction to liability values, schemes run the risk of retaining key risks and storing up problems, says Jos Vermeulen

Today, many private defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are targeting a buyout with an insurer as their endgame. However, with many schemes unable to afford the cost of undertaking a full buyout i...

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