Demand for buy-in 'consistent' across scheme sizes

Standard Life says scheme size does not influence appetite for insurance-based solutions

Holly Roach
clock • 2 min read
Demand for buy-in 'consistent' across scheme sizes

Demand for buy-in is “consistent” across scheme sizes, and size “does not influence appetite” for insurance-based solutions, according to Standard Life.

Research by the organisation revealed 48% of defined benefit (DB) schemes favour buy-in as their endgame strategy, with 40% of these expecting to approach an insurer in the next 12 months. The f...

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