Covid-19 leads to four-year uncertainty in buyout timing

Trustees must consider the impact when making strategic journey plans

James Phillips
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Covid-19 leads to four-year uncertainty in buyout timing

FTSE 350 schemes face uncertainty in their time to buyout as the positive and negative impacts of the pandemic fight over the impact on longevity.

Barnett Waddingham's models of life expectancy anticipate that the most negative scenario of life expectancy would cut the time to buyout by 35% when compared to current levels. This would resul...

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