Schemes urged to act on bulk annuities as funding 'crumbles'

James Phillips
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Defined benefit (DB) schemes should act now to insure members’ benefits before an “anomaly” in the markets is corrected, Prudential Retirement has said.

The insurer said, while 2019 has already proven a bumper year for bulk annuity transactions, with schemes enjoying superior funding statuses, this market will not last. A combination of increase...

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