Consultants expect new wave of scheme closures

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Proposals by Fujitsu Services to close its final salary scheme to existing members will mark the beginning of another wave of scheme closures, consultants say.

Last week, technology firm Fujitsu Services said it would begin a 90-day consultation with the pension members committee and trade union Unite about proposals to freeze its scheme, which was closed...

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