Firms could save 'millions of pounds' by closing DB before 5 April 2012

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Firms planning to freeze their defined benefit schemes should do so before 5 April next year due to a forthcoming change in guaranteed minimum pension rules, a consultant says.

A Department for Work and Pensions consultation, released on Monday, showed the government plans to increase the rate accrued GMPs are revalued between the time an employee quits work and their pay...

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