Heathrow bundles bespoke bond and £325m buy-in with L&G

James Phillips
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Heathrow Airport's defined benefit (DB) plan has completed a £325m pensioner buy-in with Legal & General (L&G) financed by an innovative corporate bond.

Around 1,300 pensioner members of the BAA Pension Scheme, representing 9% of its liabilities, are covered by the deal, which is the scheme's first and saw the sponsor issue a long-dated index-linke...

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