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Sponsoring employers are being too cautious amid low interest rates and missing out on advantageous de-risking opportunities, according to analysis by JLT Employee Benefits.

LCP's de-risking report predicts the market for buy-ins and buyouts could top £15bn in 2017. Helen Morrissey takes a closer look.

Equalisation problems from the 1990s are increasingly coming out of the woodwork as more schemes go down the bulk annuity route. The consequences can be enormous but there are ways to tackle it, writes Stephanie Baxter

Legal & General has completed a £1.1bn pension buyout for the Vickers Group Pension Scheme which is part of the Rolls-Royce Group.

When J. Whitaker & Sons Final Salary Plan appointed a fiduciary manager it was targeting self-sufficiency. However, strong investment returns and the ability to react quickly to changing market dynamics have led to a different result finds Helen Morrissey....

Misconceptions about bulk annuities may be hindering schemes from being able to get good deals, according to speakers at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) conference.

Aon Hewitt has combined its liability management and risk settlement teams in response to increased pension scheme demand to accelerate their journey to buyout.

Paul Duffy puts forward a radical option to help small and medium sized businesses struggling with legacy defined benefit schemes

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has launched a consultation on changes to actuarial assumptions in valuations used in sponsor insolvencies and to determine risk-based levies.

Aon Hewitt has launched a broking service called Bulk Annuity Compass to help schemes with the purchase of a bulk annuity.