Firms with biggest deficits underperforming market by 28%

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Share prices of firms with the biggest pension deficits relative to their size have significantly underperformed the market average in the last three years, says Morgan Stanley Research.

The analyst has compiled two groups of shares made up of firms in the UK and Europe with the largest deficits compared to their market capitalisation. It said the UK group had underperformed the...

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