UK schemes pay the most for buyouts

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Defined benefit (DB) schemes in the UK pay considerably more to offload liabilities to an insurer than schemes in other countries, according to research from Mercer.

The consultant's Global pension buyout index found UK schemes were paying 23% above the accounting value of liabilities to insure them. This compares poorly with the other four countries in the ...

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