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Case Study
Organising a pension scheme buyout – efficiently and cost-effectively
When the Alliance Trust Companies’ Pension Fund needed winding up, we used our specialist teams and strong project management to bring together every aspect of a ...
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Briefing
Buy-outs and buy-ins - Summer 2017
It has been a steady start for the UK bulk annuity insurers in the first part of 2017. For schemes considering a partial transaction, pensioner pricing continues ...
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Briefing
Buy-outs and buy-ins - Spring 2017
Final reporting from the insurers for 2016 confirmed a flurry of activity in the last quarter of the year, with a significant amount of transactions completed. Th...
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Blog
Brexit: has the result affected the bulk annuity market?
The recent EU referendum result (Brexit) has caused plenty of volatility in the financial markets. However, has this result affected the UK bulk annuity market?
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Briefing
Buy-outs and buy-ins – Spring 2016
Quarter 4 of 2015 saw a very strong finish to the year for the UK bulk annuity market. Overall, the value of business in 2015 fell just short of the record set in...
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Briefing
Buy-outs and buy-ins – Winter 2015
Quarter 3 of 2015 was another strong quarter for the UK bulk annuity insurers, and while 2015 may not surpass the record-breaking volumes of 2014, it is already ...
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Briefing
Buy-outs and buy-ins - Autumn 2015
Compared to a subdued start to the year, Quarter 2 of 2015 saw a large upturn in business completed by UK insurers. In August, the two leading insurers in the med...
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Briefing
Buy-outs and buy-ins - Summer 2015
Quarter 1 of 2015 was a relatively quiet period for the bulk annuity market following a record-breaking 2014. However, there has been increased activity since the...
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Blog
Purple Book 2014 – de-risking trends continue
The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund have released their latest survey of UK defined benefit schemes and it shows some interesting trends.
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Blog
The bulk annuity market continues to go from strength to strength in 2014
According to research by Barnett Waddingham, UK insurers completed bulk annuity transactions totalling around £2.5bn in Quarter 2 of 2014.