buy-out

Prudential have entered into a pension buy-out agreement with a closed UK public-sector pension fund. The deal see’s Prudential take on £272m of pension assets from the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority’s part of the £7.7 billion West Midlands Pension Fund, according to this article in Financial News.

The UK pension risk transfer market had a record year in 2011, with the combined total volume of longevity swaps, pension buy-ins and buy-outs breaking the £10 billion barrier for the first time in a single calendar year. This reflects the growing awareness from pension scheme trustees that longevity risk is a real issue that […]

Pension Corporation continues to be one of the most active participants in the pension risk transfer and de-risking marketplace as they complete regular transactions with counterparties. Their latest transaction see’s them enter into a pension buyout agreement with Nova Chemicals UK Pension Plan (press release available here).

The market for transferring the risks associated with pension schemes, including transferring longevity risk, has continued to grow during the last quarter in the UK. Q2 became one of the busiest quarters for the pension risk transfer market since the credit crisis of 2008, resulting in £1.4 billion of risk transfer deals completed, comprising buy-ins, […]

Pension Corporation have entered into another deal which see’s them take on the assets and liabilities of a UK pension scheme. The latest transaction see’s Pension Corporation take on over £60m of pension liabilities from manufacturer Toray Textiles.