Offering DB scheme is 'too risky' for smaller companies - EXCLUSIVE

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Small to medium-sized companies should not provide defined benefit pensions because of the risk it brings to the corporate balance sheet, Alexander Forbes says.

The financial services firm said smaller companies must consider whether offering a DB scheme would put their business at unnecessary risk and whether a contract-based defined contribution scheme w...

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