Rothesay, the largest specialist annuity provider in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has completed a £230m pensioner buy-in transaction with the Aberdeen City Council Transport Fund (“The Fund”).
The transaction insures the pension payments of 1,360 retired FirstGroup employees through a pensioner-only buy-in.
The buy-in is the Fund’s first insurance transaction, securing £230m of its c£300m of pension liabilities. The Aberdeen City Council Transport Fund is only the second Local Government Pension Scheme to secure its pension obligations through an insurance policy
The transaction was led by Mercer, acting for Aberdeen City Council, with Brodies providing legal advice to the Fund. Legal advice to Rothesay was provided by Linklaters.
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