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Powers extended to the new pensions regulator in the UK may make it more difficult for some merger and buyout transactions to take place. Bob Buhr explains how credit investors may stand to gain

Defining the benefit for bondholders

A number of companies in the UK have recently seen their pension funds become the focus of investor attention because their role potentially complicates, and possibly even blocks, attempted acquisitions or buyouts. Over the past year we have seen this situation several times, including the attempted buyout of Sainsbury's and, more recently, the proposed management buyout of Alliance Boots.

Credit investors might well wonder what's going on. Is it really the

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