British Heart Foundation Staff Pension Scheme completes £37m buy-in with Royal London
The scheme covers more than 200 members, including 118 pensioners, their dependants and 85 deferred pensioners.
Pension schemes must prepare early to avoid buy-out delays, says Hymans Robertson
Research found that 76% of professional trustees saw delays after full scheme buy-in, with the average delay at six months.
M&G completes £205m buy-in with Huntsman Pension Scheme
WTW acted as risk transfer adviser to the trustee, with Squire Patton Boggs as legal advisers and Mercer as investment consultants.
L&G completes £800m buy-in with Honda Group UK Pension Scheme
Andrew Kail said: “This is another example of L&G’s ability to deliver for trustees, sponsors and members in all market environments."
Utmost Life and Pensions completes four full scheme buy-ins totalling £177m in 2025
The deals cover benefits for 1,127 pensioners and dependants, along with 1,365 deferred members.
Aviva completes £249m buy-in with Molins U.K. Pension Fund
The deal covers benefits for over 3,500 members.
PIC completes three buy-ins worth £900m with Baker Hughes
The deals cover the Baker Hughes (UK) Pension Plan, the Brush Group Pension Scheme, and the PII Group Pension Scheme.
Just Group secures £67m buy-in for two pension schemes
The deals, finalised in March 2025, secured benefits for 675 pensioners and dependants and 256 deferred members.
Just Group completes £7m buy-in for McGregor Construction pension scheme members
The transaction, finalised in April 2025, covers 66 pensioner and eight deferred members.
Just Group completes £150m buy-in for MGN Pension Scheme
The buy-in covers about 1,300 pensioners and is the first for the scheme.
Royal London secures £275m buy-in for Grant Thornton Pensions Fund
Mark Sharkey said: "We hope the scale of this buy-in will further strengthen the appeal of our mutual-led proposition for many more trustee boards in the future.”
Royal London completes tenth BPA transaction for London Waste Pension Scheme
The deal covers around 200 scheme members.
