Basel III pushing finance firms to DB buyouts

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Basel III is encouraging financial services companies to consider defined benefit (DB) scheme buyouts and buy-ins to move liabilities off their balance sheets, experts say.

LCP partner Ken Hardman explained how stricter regulation under the reforms means finance firms must have greater capital buffers against high risk assets in their pension funds. "What this is ...

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