Freeze on DB contributions at troubled Marconi

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UK - Beleaguered telecoms firm Marconi is freezing contributions into its £2.35bn DB plan.

Company contributions to the scheme – which is funded to between 115% and 119% on an MFR basis – currently stand at 8.2% of pensionable payroll. The company has also agreed with trustees that the ...

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