Longevity

Matthew Craig looks at the stages trustees must go through to deal with scheme liabilities, and the factors they should consider before opting for a buy-in or buyout

Caroline Allen speaks to Club Vita about how the life expectancy of scheme members is changing and the implications this has for investment strategies.

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Premier Foods is the latest company to be linked with a big-money longevity swap deal as it seeks to offload £2bn of longevity risk from its Rank Hovis McDougall pension scheme.

UK - Premier Foods is the latest company to be linked with a big-money longevity swap deal as it seeks to offload £2bn (US$3.1bn) of longevity risk from its Rank Hovis McDougall pension scheme.

UK - A group of banks and insurance firms have launched an association to promote the development of a liquid traded market in longevity and mortality-related risk.

A group of banks and insurance firms have launched an association to promote the development of a liquid traded market in longevity and mortality-related risk.

Pensions professionals are still underestimating the effect of increased longevity on their schemes, an exclusive Hewitt poll reveals.

UK - Pensions professionals are still underestimating the effect of increased longevity on their schemes, an exclusive Hewitt poll revealed.

UK - Legal & General is investigating entering the longevity swap market in the first quarter of 2010.