Half FTSE100 to offload scheme risk by 2017

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Half the firms in the FTSE100 will have transferred risk from their pension scheme to an insurer by 2017, according to analysis from Hymans Robertson.

So far 18 blue chip companies have completed buy-ins or longevity swaps, with BAE Systems the latest to transact, securing a £3.2bn longevity hedge in the first quarter of the year (PP Online, 21 F...

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