Solvency II will hammer economic growth and cost firms £500bn

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Solvency II requirements for defined benefit schemes will double the value of technical provisions required to fund liabilities, costing sponsors £500bn, employers warn.

In a speech last night at the Confederation of British Industry annual dinner, director general John Cridland said plans to double the amount regulators required from schemes to meet pensioner liab...

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