Rothesay Life

Rothesay Life has bought a majority holding in Paternoster following a four-month sale process.

This month the panellists discuss the arbitrage opportunities that come with QE, how insurers will help schemes cope with the switch from RPI to CPI, and their predictions of the effect of lower initial premiums paid on buy-ins

The pensions buyout market is likely to see more than £10bn of deals completed this year, Pensions Capital Strategies says.

A record £12.5bn risk transfer deals were done in the first half of the year and a quarter of major firms will de-risk by 2012, Hymans Robertson predicts.