Managing the next biggest liability risk

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Very few schemes have protection in place against longevity risk in their scheme liabilities. Howard Kearns explains why and how to rectify this

Many UK defined benefit (DB) schemes have closed to new members and are now on a journey to their endgame. Typical target endgames would include a full buyout of the scheme's liabilities with an in...

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