Updated: The biggest buy-ins and buyouts since 2007

Professional Pensions rounds up the largest block transfers of liabilities to insurers

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There have now been 163 buy-in and buyout deals of over £500m announced since 2007. The full list is as follows...

The sortable table below shows the biggest deals announced since 2007.

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