The funding level of defined benefit (DB) schemes improved by five percentage points in March on the back of a reduction in mortality improvements, JLT Employee Benefits has estimated.
At the end of March, the combined deficit of all UK schemes was £172bn on the IAS 19 accounting measure, down from £270bn at the end of February, according to the firm's monthly tracker. Liabilitie...
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