TPR warns trustees to be vigilant after rise in scheme abandonment

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TRUSTEES should be on their guard against sponsoring employers abandoning underfunded schemes, The Pensions Regulator warns.

The watchdog is concerned that a growing number of employers are targeting corporate transactions as a way of passing off underfunded schemes on to specialist buyout firms. Chairman David Norg...

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