Blue chip firm posts surety bond in 'innovative' funding deal

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A FTSE100 firm has become the first company to use a surety bond as part of its scheme funding strategy after securing a £400m transaction, says Aon Hewitt.

The five-and-a-half year deal means the unnamed scheme will receive a pay out in the event of its sponsor going bust. The deal has been syndicated across eight employers in what Aon said was the...

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