Buy-in and buyout volumes hit £15.8bn in H2 2022

Hymans Robertson says 124 transactions with an average size of £127m took place in H2

Jasmine Urquhart
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Hymans Robertson head of risk transfer James Mullins
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Hymans Robertson head of risk transfer James Mullins

Buy-in and buyout volumes reached £15.8bn in the second half of 2022, with the average transaction size totalling £127m, according to analysis by Hymans Robertson.

The firm's Half Year Risk Transfer report showed 124 transactions took place in H2 2022 - the highest number of transactions for almost ten years. Hymans said the market was dominated by small-to-m...

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