UK - Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless has revealed a £476m deficit in its defined benefit scheme - a tenfold increase on the previous year.
The DB scheme, which was closed to new members in 1999, is invested 75% in equities and 25% in bonds. The company blamed the deficit on the fall in the global equity markets between April 1, 1999 ...
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