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But the targets are supported when explained, with many considering divestment around climate change

Bulk annuity transaction insures more than 80 members and prepares scheme for buyout

This week’s top stories included Barnett Waddingham’s appointment of eight partners, while British Airways Pensions announced the outsource of in-house investment operations to BlackRock.

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

Global travel firm Tui has agreed two buy-ins worth a total of £794m with Legal & General (L&G) Assurance Society, insuring two sections of the Tui Group UK Pension Trust.

A Pfizer Group-sponsored defined benefit (DB) pension scheme has completed a £190m buy-in with Aviva, following a slow start to the year in bulk annuity business for the insurer.

Legal & General (L&G) has completed a £55m full scheme buy-in with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Pension Scheme.

This week’s top stories include fines issued over audit failures at Associated British Engineering, and the launch of a new carbon metrics reporting tool by CACEIS.

The Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan has agreed a further £105m buyout with Legal & General (L&G), topping up the benefits agreed in a prior deal.

Some 1.7 million workers in their 50s are saving less for retirement due to the pandemic, latest research from Legal & General (L&G) reveals.