Scottish Power enters £1bn longevity swap

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Scottish Power has completed a longevity swap with Abbey Life to hedge £1bn of liabilities, covering 4,000 pensioners in the Manweb section of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme.

The swap was structured as a tri-partite insurance policy between the Electricity Pension Trustee, the Group Trustee and Abbey Life Assurance Company. It will hedge against the risk of rising costs...

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