All Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) articles – Page 4
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Barloworld UK scheme completes £484m buy-in deal with Just Group
The deal insures the benefits of around 3,000 pensioners and 1,800 deferred members.
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Insurers ‘stretched’ as UK pension de-risking demand rises
More than £12bn worth of bulk annuity transactions were reported in the first half of 2022, according to EY Parthenon
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Aviva’s move into BPA market proves profitable
Aviva is already a significant writer of UK bulk annuity business, ranking in the top four in 2020
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WH Smith Pension Trust completes £1bn buy-in with Standard Life
Bulk purchase annuity secures the benefits of 13,000 members
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Whitbread Group Pension Fund completes £680m buy-in with Standard Life
‘Pensioner buy-ins continue to offer a fantastic opportunity to lock down risk over time,’ says Standard Life
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Smiths Group scheme completes £640m buy-in deal with Rothesay
The transaction secures benefits of remaining uninsured scheme members – DB liabilities for around 800 pensioners and a further 7,950 deferred members
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UK DB schemes in a risk transfer sweet spot
Pension funds are in a good position for buyouts, but is there enough capacity in the market and will DB superfunds provide a genuine alternative?
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CSM Limited scheme completes £86m ‘deferred heavy’ buy-in
Preparation for a bulk annuity included the trustee hedging the scheme assets to protect against volatile markets
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UK roundup: Charity completes £61m bulk annuity transaction
Plus: Firefighters agree pension MoU with government; PIC invests in affordable housing; PPF sees drop in ethnicity pay gap
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UK roundup: Triplex Lloyd completes £75m bulk annuity deal
Plus: London CIV partners with CACEIS on cost transparency solution
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De-risking roundup: Gallaher Pensions’ £1.7bn buy-in deal with Standard Life
Plus: 2022 to be biggest pension scheme de-risking year
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2021 busiest year for de-risking despite headwinds, says WTW
Recorded totals of just under £30bn of bulk annuities and £15bn of longevity swaps
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Pub, steel company schemes secure bulk annuity deals for £1.4bn
Mitchells & Butlers buy-in followed two years of preparation and price monitoring
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Busy derisking mart sees competition for asset transition trade dates
Aon flags ‘unprecedented’ feature, points to volumes exceeding £45bn in 2021
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Metal Box scheme in wind-up mode after striking £2.2bn buyout
UK packaging scheme poised to move to full buyout next month
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Electronics company plan insures £250m of pensioner liabilities
Keysight scheme got bids from six of eight insurers active in pensioner buy-in market
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Jewellers’ pension fund agrees £236m buy-in deal with Rothesay
Plus: Brent Group’s £3m buy-in deal with Just Group
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L&G sees 2021 pension risk transfer volumes ending up at £25bn
Around £5bn of bulk annuity transactions have been publicly declared so far this year
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Kingfisher Pension Scheme inks £900m bulk annuity with Aviva
Deal insures liabilities associated with more than 8,000 members