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Mark Baker of Pinsent Masons suggests the economic turmoil has given scheme-specific valuations an extra level of complication, forcing trustees and companies to become more flexible than ever in these trying times

We all need to stay positive, but you should feel sorry for anyone who is doing a scheme funding valuation at the moment.  It was hard enough already for defined benefit (DB) trustees to get to ...

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