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...A new €1.5bn fund, its first targeted specifically at financial services companies, would capitalise on Cinven’s “proven track record” investing in the sector, said Caspar Berendsen, a senior dealmaker at...
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...Annuities such as those offered by A-Cap are typically backed by low risk investments in liquid securities, because policyholders are often able to redeem funds, subject to penalties....
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...for customers — would further encourage sales of guaranteed products such as annuities....
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...That’s because governments with their own currency — like Britain’s — can literally make up new IOUs to repay bonds....
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...Guaranteed capped annual inflation increases, coupled with much lower low real interest rates of the last 25 years, fundamentally changed DB pensions from “with-profits” to annuities....
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...interest, and the equivalent Guaranteed Income Bond, which offers monthly interest....
...In the UK, individual annuity holders cannot withdraw from the products, and taking money out of pension savings can result in a tax charge....
...Annuities offering guaranteed incomes in retirement have become more attractive in the UK due to improved rates combined with financial market volatility and economic uncertainty....
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