UK - Aon consulting has questioned the capacity of the market to handle high levels of demand for buyout of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, after it conducted a study revealing an 80% surge in buyout activity in the second quarter.
The company's research showed the market reached a value of £2.7bn (US$5.3bn) as financial conditions were continuing to make buyout look attractive to pension schemes. Paul Belok, principal & a...
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