pension risk transfer

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 […]

2011 could be a record year for pension scheme risk transfer deals as the desire to de-risk or offload risks including longevity grows among pension fund managers. So far 2011 has seen significant volumes in the pension buy-in and buy-out arena and also longevity swaps. By the end of 2011 pension consultants Hymans Robertson expect […]

Mercer have assisted in the completion of the latest pension scheme buyout transaction which saw the benefits of 3,500 pension plan members have their assets of around £100m transferred to Standard Life. The majority of the pension scheme belonging to British publisher and media company EMAP was transferred to Standard Life while the remainder were […]

CAMRADATA Analytical Services have announced the launch of a pension risk transfer product database aimed at U.S. defined benefit plans and sponsors. It aims to provide a transparent view of the insurance options available to allow pension schemes to transfer risks, including pension buy-in and buy-outs.

Punter Southall, a UK based actuarial and investment consultant to many large UK pension schemes, has published a press release commenting on the recent ITV longevity swap transaction warning pension schemes of the sometimes limited nature of the risk transfer a longevity swap provides.

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).

ITV plc, a British television broadcaster, has announced that it has entered into a £1.7 billion longevity swap with Credit Suisse to remove the risks associated with increases in pension liabilities due to longer than expected life spans of members of their defined benefit pension scheme. Towers Watson advised the ITV Pension Scheme on the […]

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, […]