Slow first quarter for buyout market after record-breaking year

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Insurers completed just £800m of buyouts and buy-ins in the first quarter of the year, according research from LCP, far below the £4.4bn written in the first quarter of 2014.

The consultant said these figures were in line with historical norms after a record-breaking year, and noted that transactions had picked up in the second quarter. The most significant transacti...

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