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Have funds placed in Standard’s Life PRT war-chest missed the boat?
To great acclaim ( suspect from home support), Standard Life launched last week its funding for future buy-out business. It is hard though not to agree with estimates of their capacity to compete over the past 18 month, Standard Life … Continue reading
Turning “de-risking”to “growth” through a new pension strategy.
There is a story that Andy Smith is brace tell. He is an independent consultant and though he has skin in the game, his honesty is commendable. The de-risking of DB pensions through the buy-in/out of insurers is slowing. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Smith, buy-in, buy-out, CDC, Collective Pension, de-risk, pension, Pensions
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Game set and match to the Life Insurers
Use Of Longevity Swaps And Buy-Ins And Other Unforced Errors Game Set and Match to the Life Insurers The Example of Aviva Plc: Life Insurer and DB Sponsor Strong Margins. Buried Losses Life Lessons For Us All This is … Continue reading
A debate on the morality of Standard Life buying into its pension scheme
You may think it is a little lazy to make a blog out of other people’s comments made on a summer Sunday. But the comments are made by senior people who have experience either senior in insurance (Adrian Boulding) or … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Bulk annuity, buy-in, buy-out, FSCS, Insurance, Pensions, Standard Life
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Risk Transfer in decline as Pension Schemes find “risk” is “growth”.
The numbers predicted by Standard Life for insurers taking on DB assets and liabilities are well down on estimates at the beginning of this year. Trustees are seeing risk as growth and questioning further de-risking. There will come a time … Continue reading
The Journey from Rolls Royce to Athora
Rolls Royce Severs its DB Pension Scheme Were Better Outcomes Available? Rolls Royce is severing its connection with its DB pension scheme. It says it simplifies the Group and its investment proposition. The trustees are winding up the scheme and … Continue reading
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Tagged Athora, buy-in, buy-out, C-Suite, Pensions, Rolls Royce, William McGrath
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Ford – the “not so” British pension risk transfer.
This article asks questions about about the transfer of Pension Risk to America. PRT stands for Pension Risk Transfer. Where there is risk there is profit as well as danger. The profit from transferring the assets of our private … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstone, buy-in, buy-out, Ford, Pensions, Priovate Equity
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Doubt cast over ownership credentials of US insurer buying-out UK pensions
Apollo Exposed: Athene Stories reinforce concern either side of the Atlantic about private equity taking over insurers on a dubious basis. We know the outcome in terms of UK Pensions; PIC and Just have recently been bought into by US … Continue reading
Insuring too much for living too long
I went to an interesting debate this morning about the DB deficit crisis (what crisis?). A number of interesting things emerged, such as a statement that a pension scheme cannot get a real return on its investments. I looked at … Continue reading
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Tagged buy-in, buy-out, ft, Hymans Robertson, ILC, ILC-UK, Insurance, jo cumbo, LDI, Longevity, Technology
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