Charities Aid Foundation Pension Scheme, sponsored by the Charities Aid Foundation, has completed a £12m full scheme bulk purchase annuity buy-in transaction with Just Group.
The transaction consisted of 64 pensioners and 155 deferred members and completed on 27th June 2024. Broadstone provided actuarial and administrative services, LCP acted as investment advisers and Osborne Clarke were the appointed legal advisors.
“Our primary focus throughout this process is always to safeguard the member’s benefits. With the expertise of K3 Advisory, Just Group, and the specialist teams, we were able to successfully navigate this scheme’s unique benefit structure. The professional and tactical approach of everyone allowed a successful outcome, ensuring not only immediate protection but also long-term stability for the members,” said David Locke, Chair of Trustees.
“We’re very pleased to have secured the benefits for all the 219 members of the Charities Aid Foundation Pension Scheme. This deal required a detailed understanding of the scheme’s specific benefit structure, and working closely with K3, meant together we were able to address these challenges smoothly and efficiently. This transaction is evidence of a vibrant bulk annuity market that’s working for schemes of all sizes,” added Kishan Radia, Business Development Manager at Just Group.
Specialist independent bulk annuity and consolidator advisory business, K3 Advisory, advised the CAFPS.
“This scheme had some unique elements that needed careful handling, including flexibilities in the benefit structure which needed to be covered in a way that the Trustees were happy to support. Despite the complexities of this transaction, we made it work through our deep market knowledge and collaboration with the other expert advisors on this deal. We are pleased that we were able to secure these benefits for the members of the scheme,” said Thomas Crawshaw, Senior Actuarial Consultant at K3 Advisory.