Browsing: 2026 – July
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.
A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery brings some clarity to life settlement investors regarding the statute of limitations in the state. Greg Winterton provides a summary overview of the details.
Decision is a significant positive development for investors in the life settlement industry as it reinforces the enforceability of premium-financed policies where statutory insurable interest requirements are met at inception.
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.