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Legal & General completes £8m buy-in with Atkinson Northern Limited
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (“Legal & General”) today announces that it has completed an £8 million buy-in with the Atkinson Northern Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme (“the Scheme”), covering the benefits of 45 pension scheme members.
28 Sep 2021
As part of the transaction, Legal & General will also take on the responsibility for payroll of the Scheme’s members by October 2021.
The transaction involved Legal & General locking in its price entirely to scheme assets in exclusivity. This provides certainty for the Trustees on the premium at the end of the exclusivity period and mitigates the risk of pricing diverging from the value of assets.
Legal & General is a whole of market provider, supporting schemes as small as its £2.5 million transaction with the BHS Senior Management Scheme announced in 2020, through to its £4.6 billion transaction with Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund, announced in 2019.
The Trustees were advised on the transaction by XPS and legal advice was provided to the Trustees by Neon Legal.
Julian Hobday, Origination & Execution Director, Legal & General Retirement Institutional: “We are delighted to have helped the Scheme on its de-risking journey and provide security to its members. This transaction demonstrates our ability to provide peace of mind to pension schemes of all sizes and we look forward to working closely with the Trustees going forward.”
For further information
Stephanie Williams
Communications Specialist
LGRI
T: 07469 406866
Notes to editors
Established in 1836, Legal & General is one of the UK's leading financial services groups and a major global investor, with £1.2 trillion in total assets under management1 of which 40% is international. We have a unique and highly synergistic business model, which continues to drive strong returns. Legal & General provides powerful asset origination and management capabilities directly to clients, which also underpin our leading retirement and protection solutions. We are a leading international player in Pension Risk Transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. Our purpose is to improve the lives of our customers and create value for our shareholders. Through inclusive capitalism, we are investing in long-term assets, such as real estate and infrastructure, that can help build a better society for the future.
1Data as at 31 December 2023.
Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) works with trustees and sponsoring companies of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes of all sizes to settle their pension obligations and secure scheme members’ benefits, through a full range of buy-ins, buyouts and other de-risking solutions. Our Client Services’ 12-month rolling Net Promoter Score (NPS) is above +70, which is widely regarded as being at a “world class” level. Legal & General is the UK’s longest-standing active bulk annuity provider.
Our UK Retirement annuity book stands at an estimated £86.1 billion at 31 December 2023. Across the group over £30 billion is invested in direct investments that deliver positive social and environmental impacts, such as clean energy and affordable housing. Legal & General provides income and pension security to more than a million retirement customers around the world.