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Using pension risk transfer to plug the UK's £1trn infrastructure gap
The money used to insure pension liabilities can help met the government’s agenda to ‘build, build, build’, says Johnny Chow
Joanne Segars: Working for a common vision
Collaboration is key to delivering on LGPS Central’s mission to prove the pooling concept, Joanne Segars tells James Phillips.
The real deal? Buy-in and buyout pricing during Covid-19
Chris DeMarco explains why the Covid-19 has increased opportunities for schemes to de-risk via bulk annuities.
L&G agrees £650m buy-in with 3i scheme
The 3i Group Pension Plan has agreed a £650m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring the remaining benefits within the scheme.
L&G announces bulk annuities with UK and US schemes
Legal & General has agreed two bulk annuity deals worth £116.2m with UK- and US-based IHS Markit schemes.
DB funding falls by 5.1 points during first quarter, says LGIM
The economic crisis provoked by Covid-19 led to a 5.1 percentage point fall in the average defined benefit (DB) funding position in the first three months of 2020, according to Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).
A safe harbour: How the Dock Workers Pension Fund reached buyout
Key players in the Dock Workers Pension Fund tell James Phillips the tale of getting to endgame ahead of plan
LGIM appoints three trustees to L&G Mastertrust board
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced the appointment of three new trustees to the L&G Mastertrust Board and a new member to its Independent Governance Committee (IGC).
UPDATED Independent Governance Committees: A list of who is sitting on which IGCs
PP looks at the pensions great and good who oversee contract-based schemes
L&G reports £10.3bn of bulk annuities in 2019; DC assets up 33%
Legal & General (L&G) completed 28 bulk annuity transactions with UK pension schemes over the course of 2019, its annual report reveals.
AIB secures £1.1bn de-risking deal targeting full buy-in
Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has secured an £850m buy-in for its UK pension scheme with Legal & General (L&G).
Tate & Lyle secures £930m buy-in with L&G
The Tate & Lyle Pension Scheme has completed a £930m full buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring benefits for around 4,800 members.
Emma Douglas: Work hard but have fun
Holly Roach talks to LGIM’s Emma Douglas, who scooped the Pensions Woman of the Year award and the Lifetime Achievement accolade at PP’s Women in Pensions Awards
L&G agrees £35m buyout with Edwards Wildman Palmer scheme
Legal & General (L&G) has entered into an agreement with US law firm Locke Lord for a £35m buyout of UK-based Edward Wildman Palmer pension scheme.
WSB Awards 2019 - The Winners
Here they are - the winners of the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards 2019...
How diverse are DC default strategies?
Punter Southall Aspire has published a report looking at the disparities in DC default fund approaches. Kim Kaveh analyses the data.
Five stories you may have missed this week
This week's top stories included Legal & General acquiring MyFutureNow to provide a dashboard service to customers, while also agreeing a hybrid buy-in with a Hitachi scheme.
Insured self-sufficiency Q&A with Legal & General
Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Russell Lee about Legal & General's new insured self-sufficiency solution.
L&G deploys blockchain technology to streamline pension reinsurance
Legal & General Reinsurance (L&G) has launched what it claims is the UK's first pension risk transfer (PRT) execution platform to be driven by blockchain technology.
Five stories you may have missed this week
This week's top stories included Legal & General completing a record-breaking buyout with the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund, and the government setting out plans for flexible NHS pensions.
Legal & General completes record-breaking £4.6bn partial buyout with Rolls-Royce
The Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund (RRPF) has insured benefits for around 33,000 pensioners in a record-breaking buyout with Legal & General (L&G).
UK Pensions Awards 2019 - The Winners
Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2019...
Pension consolidator vehicles: an insurer's perspective
In the second of a two-part series, Russell Lee (left) and Tom MacAulay (right) from Legal & General's Pension Risk Transfer business look at pension consolidation vehicles (PCVs) from an insurance perspective
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).
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