Superfund deals likely in the next 12 months, industry says

Industry mostly positive that superfund deals are imminent; Clara provides an update

Hope William-Smith
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Superfund deals likely in the next 12 months, industry says

Almost half (42%) of the pensions industry expect the first superfund deal to happen with the next 12 months.

Professional Pensions asked its Pensions Buzz respondents to vote on their expected timeframe for a deal, giving the options of ‘within three months', ‘within six months', ‘within 12 months', or ‘n...

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