Tesco trustees granted contingent property rights

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Tesco has granted the trustees of its UK pension fund contingent property assets worth £500m, after reporting the scheme's deficit has nearly doubled.

According to the IAS19 valuation of pension fund liabilities, Tesco's UK defined benefit scheme had a deficit on a post-tax basis of £1.1bn, while last year it was £0.6bn. The supermarket chain s...

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