Open DB scheme numbers drop by half in just 3 years

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The number of private sector employees in open defined benefit schemes has halved since 2004 and will continue to fall unless the government backs shared-risk schemes, actuaries warn.

Association of Consulting Actuaries’ chairman Ian Farr said latest figures showed the total now stood at 900,000 – down from 5 million in 1995 and 2 million in 2004. And he said the government’s...

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