Scheme resource constraints need not be a 'blocker' to conducting BPA transactions

Rise in demand for risk reduction solutions prompts need for schemes to ‘innovate’ and ‘adapt’

Martin Richmond
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Barnett Wadingham's Chris Hawley and Nikhil Patel
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Barnett Wadingham's Chris Hawley and Nikhil Patel

Resource constraints for schemes in an increasingly busier risk reduction market need not be a “blocker” for schemes looking to conduct a bulk annuity transaction, industry delegates heard.

Speaking today (25 April) at the Barnett Waddingham Defined Benefit (DB) Conference, risk transfer partner Chris Hawley said improved funding levels off the back of the gilt yield changes in 2022, ...

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