Institutional Insights

In part two of our two-part episode, Brian Izzard, Member Nominated Trustee for the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan and Dom Moret, Head of Origination & Execution, discuss our £2.4 billion PRT transaction in more detail, which enabled the Plan to exit the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment and covered over 20,000 pension members' benefits. They also outline the key elements that made the transaction such a success.

In 2018, we announced a £2.4 billion Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) transaction with the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan, which enabled the Plan to exit the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment. In this two-part episode, we welcome Dom Moret, Head of Origination & Execution at Legal & General Retirement Institutional who worked on the transaction and Brian Izzard, Member Nominated Trustee for the Plan, discussing Brian's journey of becoming a trustee and how he felt when he first heard that Nortel Networks was going into administration.

Julian Hobday, Origination & Execution Director, LGRI, Adolfo Aponte, Managing Director, Lincoln Pensions and Tom Lukic, Trustee, Dalriada, discuss what happens when a pension scheme’s corporate sponsor is acquired by another company and the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) agreement includes provisions regarding the pension scheme that makes the  sale conditional on the removal of future DB risk. The episode focuses on a recent transaction completed by Legal & General in November 2020, where Lincoln provided strategic advice to the seller.

Stefan Hentschel, Head of Treasury & Pension Asset Management, Evonik and John Towner, Head of New Business, LGRI discuss Legal & General’s second global transaction, announced in January 2021. The episode highlights the process from Evonik’s perspective, working together with L&G towards desired objectives and explores why it’s beneficial for a multinational company to have the option of de-risking with the same insurer across countries.

We are pleased to have completed our first ever conversion of part of an Assured Payment Policy (APP) to a buy-in. In this episode, Sabeen Iftikhar, New Business Actuary and Frankie Borrell, Head of Client Solutions will explore APPs in more detail including their conversion mechanics, highlighting how innovative solutions such as APPs can help pension schemes on their de-risking journeys.

Across the Legal & General Group, inclusive capitalism is a key principle that drives our corporate strategy and shapes our culture. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors and impact investing in the real economy are at the heart of our investment approach. Anisha Gangwani, Head of Investment Business Development, LGR, explores how Pension Risk Transfer can contribute to our ESG objectives and vision of inclusive capitalism.

Rachel Cutts, Orgination & Execution Director and Gavin Smith, UK Head of Pricing and Execution talk to us about what happens when a pension scheme's sponsor becomes insolvent and the process when securing a PPF+ transaction to secure pension members benefits.

Senior Transition Managers, Claire Shepherd and David Stevenson talk to us about what happens after a PRT transaction is agreed. They’ll aim to demystify the transition period, by explaining how the process works and how important it is to work closely with the insurer.

Phil Anderson, Chief Operating Officer and Toby Wyithe, CSR Business Partner, at Legal & General Retirement Institutional discuss the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in business strategy. While reflecting on Legal & General's CSR initiatives in 2020, the episode outlines how CSR can help support customers, employees and the wider community.