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Sportech scheme completes buy-in with Just
Sportech scheme completes buy-in with Just

The Sportech Pension Scheme has entered into an agreement with Just Group for a £2.5m buy-in ahead of a planned buyout.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 23 August 2019
Rothesay Life completes £700m of bulk annuity deals in H1
Rothesay Life completes £700m of bulk annuity deals in H1

Rothesay Life completed around £700m of bulk annuity transactions in the first half of 2019, according to its latest trading update.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 05 July 2019
Smiths Group scheme conducts £176m buy-in with Canada Life
Smiths Group scheme conducts £176m buy-in with Canada Life

The Smiths Industries Pension Scheme has secured a £176m buy-in with Canada Life, its second with the insurer.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 03 July 2019
Bulk annuity transactions will top £15bn in H1, predicts LCP
Bulk annuity transactions will top £15bn in H1, predicts LCP

Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) has predicted the total volume of buy-ins and buyouts will surpass £15bn in the first half of this year, more than double 2018 H1 volumes.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 27 June 2019
PIC signs £5.8bn of bulk annuity business in H1
PIC signs £5.8bn of bulk annuity business in H1

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has so far racked up £5.8bn of buyouts and buy-ins with defined benefit schemes this year, while reinsuring £7bn of longevity risk, it has revealed.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 24 June 2019
How Rolls-Royce completed its £4.6bn buyout with L&G
How Rolls-Royce completed its £4.6bn buyout with L&G

Following Rolls-Royce's record buyout earlier this month, James Phillips speaks to some of the key players about the process.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 20 June 2019
Legal & General completes £95m buy-in with 3i scheme
Legal & General completes £95m buy-in with 3i scheme

The 3i Group Pension Plan has agreed a £95m bulk annuity transaction with Legal & General (L&G).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 29 April 2019
Merrill Lynch scheme completes £400m buy-in with Scottish Widows
Merrill Lynch scheme completes £400m buy-in with Scottish Widows

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch UK Pension Plan has insured benefits for 915 pensioner members in a £400m buy-in with Scottish Widows.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 16 April 2019
Scottish Widows completes buy-ins totalling £830m with Peugeot and QinetiQ
Scottish Widows completes buy-ins totalling £830m with Peugeot and QinetiQ

Scottish Widows has completed two bulk annuity transactions totalling £830m, insuring benefits for the Peugeot Advanced Pension Plan and the QinetiQ Pension Scheme.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 April 2019
A bulk annuity market innovation for small schemes
A bulk annuity market innovation for small schemes

The challenges for small pension funds to buy out their liabilities are well-known. A solution has emerged and is set to become popular across the DB universe, writes Stephanie Baxter

  • Risk Reduction
  • 09 April 2019
PIC posts £7.1bn of bulk annuity deals in 2018 taking nearly a third of the market
PIC posts £7.1bn of bulk annuity deals in 2018 taking nearly a third of the market

Pension Insurance Corporation's (PIC) bulk annuity business transacted £7.1bn of buy-ins and buyouts over the course of 2018, its annual results reveal.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 07 March 2019
National Express scheme completes full buy-in with Rothesay Life
National Express scheme completes full buy-in with Rothesay Life

The National Express UK Pension Scheme has completed a full buy-in with Rothesay Life, insuring benefits for all members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 01 March 2019
American bulk annuity boom could squeeze UK market
American bulk annuity boom could squeeze UK market

Buy-in and buyout pricing for British pension schemes could hike if the US or Canadian bulk annuity markets boom, Legal and General (L&G) has predicted.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 25 January 2019
The key considerations for dealing with GMP equalisation
The key considerations for dealing with GMP equalisation

Panellists at a PP webinar discuss October's High Court judgment on GMP equalisation, how schemes have responded, what their strategies should be, and how the industry can approach it.

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  • 24 January 2019
Is your scheme really buyout ready?
Is your scheme really buyout ready?

Jane Kola looks at what pension funds can they do to improve their chances of concluding a successful deal on good terms

  • Risk Reduction
  • 15 January 2019
What does 2019 hold in store for DB pensions?
What does 2019 hold in store for DB pensions?

Buck's David Piltz says the industry was shaped by several developments in 2018, many of which will continue to influence the sector this year.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 07 January 2019
Just Group nets £1.1bn of bulk annuity deals
Just Group nets £1.1bn of bulk annuity deals

Bulk annuity sales at Just Group have nearly doubled, with total deals amounting to nearly £1.1bn, the insurer's nine-month results reveal.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 31 October 2018
Hitachi enters first pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows
Hitachi enters first pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows has completed a bulk annuity deal for the Hitachi UK Limited Pension Scheme.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 17 October 2018
AA UK Pension Scheme completes £351m buy-in with Canada Life
AA UK Pension Scheme completes £351m buy-in with Canada Life

Canada Life has signed a £351m bulk annuity contract insuring the pensioner liabilities of 2,510 members and dependents in the AA UK Pension Scheme.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 26 September 2018
DB deficit could be halved by adopting new 'end-game' solutions
DB deficit could be halved by adopting new 'end-game' solutions

The funding gap across FTSE 350 schemes could be slashed by as much as £275bn if schemes look beyond traditional ways of creating value. Victoria Ticha examines how

  • Risk Reduction
  • 20 September 2018
L&G completes £285m buy-in with Fortune 500 company
L&G completes £285m buy-in with Fortune 500 company

A US company has completed a £285m pensioner bulk annuity for around 1,100 of UK members with Legal & General (L&G).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 18 September 2018
L&G transacts £507m bulk annuities in quieter H1 but expects 'exceptionally busy' H2
L&G transacts £507m bulk annuities in quieter H1 but expects 'exceptionally busy' H2

Legal & General (L&G) has announced bulk annuity sales in the first half were £1bn lower than last year, but it expects another £7bn of deals in the second half.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 09 August 2018
Just Group's bulk annuity sales up 143% in H1
Just Group's bulk annuity sales up 143% in H1

Bulk annuity deals transacted by Just Group totalled £718m in the first half of this year compared to £296m in H1 2017, according to its latest results.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 24 July 2018
IET pension scheme completes £50m buy-in with PIC
IET pension scheme completes £50m buy-in with PIC

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) pension scheme has insured £50m of pensioner liabilities through a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 July 2018
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