Endgame Summit: Consider the alternatives to buyout

DB schemes should assess whether buyout alternatives could be a more suitable option

Martin Richmond
clock • 1 min read
Endgame Summit: Consider the alternatives to buyout

Trustees and sponsors of defined benefit schemes are failing to consider the alternatives to buyout, delegates at the Professional Pensions Endgame Summit heard.

In a session - titled The Name of The Endgame: Are Alternatives Better Suited to Your Scheme - Mercer principal John Gething said it was a common view that a buyout of a pension scheme's liabilitie...

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