Aviva completes £3m buyout of Shepherd Foods scheme

James Phillips
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The defined benefit (DB) scheme of Shepherd Foods (London) has completed a £3m buyout with Aviva, insuring the benefits of 13 pensioner and deferred members.

The neighbourhood grocery operator completed the deal, which is the first announced for Aviva this year, on 25 February. The transaction primarily covers deferred members, with 11 members not ye...

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