Imperial Home Decor scheme secures 'enhanced' buyout

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The Imperial Home Decor scheme has agreed a £5m medically underwritten buyout of its defined contribution (DC) section in the first such deal to be publicly announced.

The agreement with Partnership secures the pensions of 140 retired DC members whose benefits had previously been delivered through internal annuities. The scheme had been in wind-up since Octobe...

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