Support for FTSE 350 schemes weakest since recession

James Phillips
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The UK's 350 largest listed companies are becoming increasingly unlikely to be able to meet their pension obligations, PwC research has suggested.

Although the FTSE has benefitted from the weaker sterling over the past 12 months, the companies' ability to pay their defined benefit (DB) liabilities has fallen to its lowest level since the rece...

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