US/UK - A US buyout market to rival the UK's is not likely in the short term because of competing mindsets among the countries' policy makers about the future of defined benefit systems - US officials still have faith.
A recent report by Boston College's Center for Retirement Research said: "While US plan sponsors face many of the same burdens as their UK counterparts, the development of a UK-style insured buyout...
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