Bulk annuity market slumps in H1 after bumper 2015

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Buy-in and buyout deals slowed down in the first six months to £2.7bn, which is just over half of business written in H1 last year, according to LCP.

This was partly down to a lack of bumper £1bn plus transactions. Instead, there had been a steady flow of mid-sized deals with five transactions between £100m and £1bn in the first half of 2016. Th...

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