UK - Banking giant HSBC is under fire after it merged a subsidiary's pension scheme - which is in surplus - into its own underfunded £3.25bn scheme.
The move followed HSBC’s acquisition of venture capital company Charterhouse and has provoked fears among the subsidiary’s staff that their pensions have been put at risk. Simmons & Simmons soli...
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