Analysis: Cash contributions fall as top firms seek alternatives

LCP research finds employers are looking for different ways to plug deficits

Jonathan Stapleton
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Jonathan Stapleton looks at LCP's 2014 Accounting for Pensions report, finding that FTSE100 firms are increasingly looking for alternatives to cash funding.

In some ways, LCP partner Bob Scott says, the pensions outlook is as bright as it has been for many years. LCP's 21st Accounting for Pensions report finds that while most FTSE100 schemes still d...

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