Aon Retirement Plan completes £900m buy-in
The trustees of the Aon Retirement Plan have concluded a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) for around a third of the £3bn-4bn scheme.
The £900m transaction which was primarily funded with gilts covers the majority of pensioner liabilities across two of the five sections making up the segregated scheme. PIC senior actuary Matt Barnes...
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