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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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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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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

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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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