All pension risk transfer articles
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NewsUK roundup: TPR pipes up over inter-DC transfers; ‘Cross-country’ PRT deal
Plus: Co-op Pace pension fund de-risks again with Aviva in £350m deal
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LCP sees ‘net neutral’ COVID-19 effect on 2020 buy-in/out volumes
Consultancy estimates £25bn of deals this year
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National Grid UK pension scheme de-risks further with £1.6bn buy-in
Deal with Legal & General covers more than 6,000 pensioner members in Section B
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Report calls for more schemes to promote partial transfer option
Greater access to partial transfers could be in the interest of members, financial advisers and schemes, according to Royal London and LCP
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Rothesay Life to raise £500m in preparation for DB insurance deals
Plus: Legal & General has insured a UK law firm’s £35m scheme, transferring from its fiduciary management business
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L&G backs ‘innovative’ buy-in for Hitachi UK pension scheme
The data and technology company’s scheme has insured members’ benefits, preserving an unusual DB-DC hybrid arrangement
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Smiths Group secures £176m buy-in with Canada Life
FTSE 100-listed engineering firm strikes pension risk transfer deal bringing total bulk annuity value across all schemes to £1.6bn
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Chemical company scheme secures €820m insurance deal with NN Group
Chemours has transferred roughly 3,000 deferred members to insurer Nationale-Nederlanden, while active members will be moved to an APF
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British Steel buyout ‘could affect pension insurance market capacity’
British Steel Pension Scheme trustees are reportedly in early stage talks regarding a pension risk transfer deal to secure the pensions of its 81,000 members
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L&G launches blockchain-based pension insurance platform [updated]
Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to develop a blockchain-based pension risk transfer process, dubbed Estua-re
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Marks & Spencer strikes fresh buy-ins worth £1.4bn with PIC, Phoenix
The UK high street chain has now insured ‘approximately two thirds’ of its pensioner liabilities to reduce exposure to longevity changes and other risks
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UK roundup: Carillion DC schemes join Willis Towers Watson’s master trust
Plus: Capita’s DC master trust allocates £320m to Schroders sustainable multi-factor fund; L&G backs £95m 3i pension buy-in
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UK roundup: Regulator warns trustees over chairperson statements
Plus: UK pensioners increasingly reliant on state benefits, brisk start to UK pension risk transfer market
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UK roundup: Cost disclosure tool signs up 30 clients
Plus: BoAML pension fund secures £400m buy-in with Scottish Widows
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Scottish Widows insures £830m of liabilities in two bulk annuity deals [updated]
Also: KPMG targets small DB schemes with collective pension risk transfer process
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Commerzbank UK scheme insures DB and DC sections for £1.2bn
Also: Rothesay Life backs £110m buyout of electronics company pension plan
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US tech company scheme edges closer to buyout after £230m deal
Plus: FTSE 100-listed Segro and energy firm Hunting offload pension schemes in seperate buyout deals
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Nuclear pension plan hones in on £40m bulk annuity
Combined Nuclear Pension Plan plans to enter into a buyout and wind up its GPS EnergySolutions section
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UK publishing company agrees £500m buy-in with L&G
Deal brings total liabilities insured to £1.7bn following transactions in 2017
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UK roundup: Pfizer subsidiary agrees £158m buy-in deal
Plus: Apollo agrees further funding arrangements with RPC schemes; JP Morgan invests in Smart Pension
