Trustees favour sponsor loans and secondary market sales for BPA transactions

Standard Life says most are considering a sponsor loans to manage illiquid assets

Jasmine Urquhart
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Trustees favour sponsor loans and secondary market sales for BPA transactions

Sponsor loans and secondary market sales are the most favoured options for trustees managing bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transactions, Standard Life has found.

The firm's research of 50 defined benefit (DB) trustees of schemes larger than £100m found 64% are considering a sponsor loan, while more than half (55%) are considering a secondary market sale – u...

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