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Geoghegan & Company Staff Pension Scheme completes £1.5m buy-in with Just


By Callum Conway

The Geoghegan & Company Staff Pension Scheme has completed a £1.5m full scheme buy-in with Just Group, securing the benefits of all eight deferred members and eight pensioner members.

The deal, which was completed using Broadstone’s SM&RT Insure process in tandem with Just's streamlined bulk quotation service Beacon, was highlighted as evidence that there is capacity in the market for even the smallest schemes


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Two thirds of Millennials worried about not saving enough for retirement

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Nearly half of Brits would tell their younger selves to start saving earlier

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