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By Susanna Rust2021-01-19T15:36:00+00:00
The trustee for speciality chemicals company Evonik’s four UK pension schemes has agreed a £544m (€448m) full buy-in with Legal & General as part of the insurer’s second global pension risk transfer transaction, according to an announcement from the insurer today.
Completed in December, the deal secures the benefits of over 3,600 members in the UK defined benefit schemes.
It builds on a $93m “lift-out” completed by Legal & General for the US Evonik Corporation Retirement Plan in September. A lift-out is an insurance solution offered in the US where a subset of pension scheme members are “lifted out” and transferred to an insurance company.
So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap, ‘pension freedoms or consultations around ‘value for money , says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).Download
In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.Download
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