UK - Some companies will be forced to wind up their pension scheme as an alternative to suspending dividends, former Labour minister Frank Field warns.
He claims current accounting rules make companies with large pension scheme deficits look healthier than they really are – in a similar way that off balance-sheet vehicles bolstered the accounts of...
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