UK leisure giant Bass is to transfer £1bn worth of pension fund assets to a new Bass Brewers scheme in August. The move follows the sale of its brewing arm to Belgium-based Interbrew last year.
The new plan will essentially replicate the same benefit structure as the existing Bass pension plan, a 60th defined benefit scheme. The split affects over a third of the pension fund’s members ...
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