Schemes concluded a record £3.9bn of buyouts and buy-ins in the third quarter of 2013, says JLT Employee Benefits.
Deloitte plans to launch a service to help schemes move to flexible defined benefit (DB) structures in order to obtain better buyout deals.
Jonathan Stapleton says there are few options for bargain hunters
Partnership has named former Aviva bulk annuity deal manager Andy Morley as national account manager for de-risking solutions.
Basel III is encouraging financial services companies to consider defined benefit (DB) scheme buyouts and buy-ins to move liabilities off their balance sheets, experts say.
The volume of premiums in bulk annuity deals reached a record £3.9bn between July and September, research from LCP shows.
The trustees of the Imation (UK) Pension Scheme have completed a £21m buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation.
The multi-employer Lloyds Superannuation Fund has insured £40m of its liabilities with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).
Pensions professionals expect liability driven investment (LDI) strategies to dominate schemes' de-risking plans over the next five years, research finds.
A buyout which kept the MF Global scheme out of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) was only achieved after the scheme's insolvent employer was threatened with regulatory action, says The Pensions Regulator (TPR).