Asset-backed funding surge set to continue

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Trustees have been handed more than £4bn from scheme sponsors through asset-backed funding structures, research from KPMG reveals.

The deficit funding method - which involves using non-cash assets to reduce pension liabilities - has shot to prominence this year. The retail sector, in particular, has been active in this area...

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