Exclusive: 'Liquidity kink' at buyout hits illiquids demand

Desire among insurers and schemes to retain illiquid assets

Martin Richmond
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Exclusive: 'Liquidity kink' at buyout hits illiquids demand

Defined benefit (DB) schemes planning a bulk buyout could be missing out on an illiquidity premium, Alpha Real Capital (ARC) has warned.

In a research paper written in collaboration with K3 Advisory and published today (13 May), ARC has discovered that just over 90% of DB schemes have developed long-term funding objectives, with man...

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