UK - Rising equity markets have slashed scheme deficits at Britain's largest companies by over 50% to £50bn, new research shows.
But experts warn the improvement could trigger a new round of defined benefit scheme closures as firms “free themselves from the risks” for a tolerable one-off payment. Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow sa...
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