UK - Pension funds could suffer if companies use bond issues to plug holes in their final salary scheme, a consultant warns.
Marks & Spencer has issued a £400m bond issue to cover a £1bn deficit in its final salary scheme and last year BP issued corporate debt to help fund a £790m cash injection. But if trustees put s...
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