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Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has now sold down the remainder of its shareholding in UK pension risk transfer specialist life insurer Rothesay Life, with the stake being picked up by private equity giant Blackstone, Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC and insurer MassMutual.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced the sale of a majority stake in its leading UK pension risk transfer specialist life insurer, Rothesay Life. The sale has been expected since August as Goldman Sachs continues to offload insurance and reinsurance business stakes to meet capital rules.

Rothesay Life, a leading UK pension risk transfer specialist life insurer and provider of bulk annuities, has completed a pension risk transfer transaction for the Philips Pension Fund, taking on a portion of its liabilities including longevity risks.

Rothesay Life, a leading UK pension risk transfer specialist life insurer which owner Goldman Sachs intends to sell a majority stake in, has completed another pension risk transfer transaction. The £280m bulk annuity transaction sees Rothesay Life take on more pension plan risk including covering longevity.

Goldman Sachs is seeking to sell a majority share in its leading UK pension risk transfer specialist life insurer, Rothesay Life. A specialist in insuring the risks associated with pension schemes, and as a result involved in transferring longevity risks, Rothesay Life will follow the same route as Goldman’s reinsurer, which it sold a majority […]

Fitch Ratings has again affirmed the rating of Signum Finance Cayman Ltd. Series 2010-09, a mortality linked life insurance securitization transaction. The ratings agency cited the positive mortality experience, which remains below 100% of the actual-to-expected figure and well below the trigger level.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced the closing of the private offering of shares in its reinsurance group, completing the sale process of a majority stake in the business. The private offering saw shares offered in the Global Atlantic Financial Group, which was formerly known as the Goldman Sachs Reinsurance Group and it includes the […]

According to a report in the Financial Times, Goldman Sachs has completed the sale of 75% of its reinsurance operations, Ariel Re, to investors through a private placement. Goldman Sachs only bought Ariel Re last year in an effort to profit more from reinsurance premiums and diversify away from its core investment banking business, but […]

One of the largest mutual life insurers in the U.S. has shown its interest in the UK pension risk transfer and de-risking market by investing in one of the leading players in that sector in the last week. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, or MassMutual for short, has made an investment in leading UK pension […]

The market and media were awash with rumours about investment bank Goldman Sachs planning to sell a majority stake in its reinsurance interests yesterday, rumours which were then confirmed by Goldman Sachs itself in its Q4 earnings call later in the day. Net revenue from Goldman Sachs Reinsurance Group was $1.08 billion in 2012, $317m […]