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Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.

As medically underwritten deals reach record levels, PP looks at why this market is booming.

Volumes of buy-ins and buy-outs exceeded £11bn for 2015 according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has invested £75m in debt issued by Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) secured against the airlines landing slots at Heathrow Airport.

Pensions Insurance Corporation (PIC) has invested in £70m of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) linked secured debt issued by the Church of England Pensions Board (CEPB).

Helen Morrissey speaks to a panel of industry experts about the results of the recent general election and what it means for UK pension schemes and their sponsors.

In the fourth part of our series looking at what firms did to win accolades at this year's UK Pensions Awards, PP speaks to Pension Insurance Corporation head of origination Jay Shah about how the firm won the Risk Reduction Provider of the Year category....

The insurance industry faces a "severe" concentration of systematic longevity risk through the market for buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps, according to professor David Blake.

Helen Morrissey looks at what's on offer for smaller schemes

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has reinsured the longevity risk relating to £2bn of liabilities with Hannover Re and Reinsurance Group of America this year.