Fidelity urges government to scrap 'gold-plated' benefit rules to save DB

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FIDELITY International has urged the government to scrap rules forcing employers to provide "gold-plated" defined benefits in a bid to save final salary provision.

The fund management firm said its model – DB Lite – would provide a pension linked to pay and service a future but avoid the high costs of current arrangements. It said such a model could slash ...

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