Andrew Ward
Risk Reduction
Consultants say bulk annuity pricing could go either way depending on final reforms
21 July 2022
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
Aon, Hymans Robertson, LCP and Mercer assess the key risk reduction trends of 2021
17 March 2022
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10 min read
Risk Reduction
Mercer’s forecast for the risk transfer market next year
08 December 2021
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The majority of sub-£250m schemes plan to achieve a buyout as their scheme’s endgame even if pricing opportunities are not necessarily in their favour, Mercer research finds.
25 May 2021
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) concluded £5.6bn on bulk annuities in 2020 after recording just over £2.1bn in the second half of the year.
18 March 2021
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5 min read
Investment
Last year proved so significant that it merits an evaluation of governance arrangements, according to four in five respondents to a poll.
19 February 2021
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The Northern Gas Networks Pension Scheme has agreed a £385m pensioner buy-in with Legal & General (L&G).
10 December 2020
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4 min read
Law and Regulation
Pension scheme trustees and sponsors should only seek to transfer members’ benefits to a defined benefit (DB) consolidator if there is no “realistic prospect of buyout in the foreseeable future”, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.
21 October 2020
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
Mercer has launched a defined benefit (DB) master trust in a bid to offer a “best-in-class solution” that recognises the shrinking universe.
15 September 2020
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
This year might prove to be a blip in the growth of the bulk annuity market despite volumes trending towards £25bn, according to Mercer.
01 September 2020
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3 min read
