De-risking
Risk Management
Data cleansing is an increasingly important step in the path to bulk annuities especially with growth in medical underwriting. Kristian Brunt Seymour explores how it can benefit schemes.
22 February 2016
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7 min read
Risk Management
Insurers should consider eyeing up smaller de-risking transactions rather than focusing on the mega deals that can end up falling away, according to Aon Hewitt.
18 February 2016
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2 min read
Risk Management
As the number of small bulk annuity deals have fallen year on year despite overall growth in the market, Kristian Brunt-Seymour explores how small schemes can avoid being squeezed out.
16 February 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
Marks and Spencer has reached an agreement with the trustees of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to increase annual cash contributions for future service by £15m.
12 February 2016
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1 min read
Risk Management
Trustees have yet to prioritise cash management despite the fact that half of FTSE350 defined benefit (DB) schemes are turning cash flow negative, according to Hymans Robertson.
12 February 2016
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3 min read
Bulk Annuities
Low & Bonar has completed a medically underwritten buy-in of £34m of liabilities within its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.
03 February 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
If structured correctly longevity swaps should not form a barrier to schemes going on to do buy-ins or buyouts according to Murray Blake.
21 January 2016
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4 min read
Bulk Annuities
Volumes of buy-ins and buy-outs exceeded £11bn for 2015 according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
08 January 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Trustees and their advisers can do little to plug deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the face of market forces which are beyond their control, says Andrew Warwick-Thompson.
03 December 2015
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Defined Benefit
Scottish Widows has entered the bulk annuity market and expects to announce its first deal in the coming weeks.
12 November 2015
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