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Longevity and Mortality Investor’s coverage of the longevity and mortality risk transfer market, including pension risk transfer, longevity swaps and other de-risking activities.
£150m bulk purchase annuity transaction secures the benefits of approximately 1,200 scheme members.
£180m bulk purchase annuity buy-in was completed in July 2026 and secures the benefits of around 540 pensioners and 1,050 deferred members.
The transaction, which completed in June 2026, covers approximately 1,500 deferred members and around 1,250 pensioners and dependants.
£100m bulk purchase annuity transaction secures the benefits of 550 scheme members.
The trustees of the Credit Commercial de France have completed a £10m pension scheme buy-in transaction with Royal London.
The transaction, which was completed in July 2026, secures the benefits of over 10,000 members and their dependants.
Run-on options for schemes small and large set to become real consideration for UK defined benefit pension sponsors.
Yona Chesner, Head of Pensions Investment at Cartwright Pension Trusts, offers his take on the current state of the small to mid-market pension risk transfer buy-in space in this month’s Q&A.
New stress test based on hypothetical matching adjustment portfolios from S&P Global Ratings suggests ‘significant resilience’.
During June, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process in the US inched down by 10 basis points.