Mercer

Third and final buy-in means all pensions within the Church Workers Pension Fund are now insured

New joiners take number of commercial operators in coalition to 15

Transaction secures the benefits of around 2,500 scheme members

Firm said share plans are ‘incredibly rare’ in private equity-owned businesses

Fabian Society report, long-term pensions reform roadmap and DB transfer activity

Initiative’s founder says investment will accelerate once structures are in place

Roadmap urges industry to address challenges to ensure future retirement adequacy

Transaction secures the benefits of 292 pensioners and 160 deferred members

Despite positive picture, the tightening of credit spreads is growing risk

Surpluses are increasingly seen as an opportunity to run on schemes