UK - Insolvent schemes in wind up can exploit a legal loophole to reduce their commitments to deferred members and increase their GMP payouts, lawyers say.
Schemes are giving equal priority to GMP and deferred member payments but legally need not do so, claims Hammond Suddards Edge partner Francois Barker. He says there is a disparity over how liab...
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