Average time to buyout drops below five years for first time

Analysis finds FTSE 350 DB schemes’ time to buyout has dropped to 4.7 years

Holly Roach
clock • 2 min read
Average time to buyout drops below five years for first time

The average time to buyout for FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes has dropped below five years for the first time, Barnett Waddingham analysis reveals.

  The consultancy's DB End Gauge Index revealed in April the average time for UK pension schemes to reach a sufficient level of funding to buyout their liabilities with an insurance firm had fal...

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