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Chart of the Week: The UK Matching Adjustment reveals its full value
17 April 2026Solvency II, then Solvency UK, have delivered a £720.6bn capital benefit to UK lifers
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Matching adjustment: A near-£1trn weight off UK lifers' backs since 2016
16 April 2026The £78.8bn capital relief in 2025 was not the highest annual total since 2016
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UK lifers unlock £78bn of capital benefits from MA in 2024
01 May 2025Their benefit comprised £34.7bn lower SCRs and £43.4bn higher eligible own funds
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Chart of the Week - Will new MA liabilities give UK CIOs fresh investment opportunities?
12 May 2023Whitehall has mooted income protection and with-profits - a £6.6bn market - for MA inclusion
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A match, a spark! - the MA ignites UK lifers' investment appetites
02 May 2022The MA has given UK lifers about £400bn of capital benefit since 2016 - and more fruitful use of it to invest in the real economy could yet come, if HM Treasury's proposals are enacted. David Walker investigates
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Chart of the Week: UK life CIOs' reactions to pandemic revealed
22 April 2022UK life CIOs are getting more of the risk budget, and 'picking their ride'