UK - NAPF CONFERENCE - The chairman of Cable and Wireless Richard Lapthorne (pictured) has attacked the FRS17 accounting standard, calling it "the final nail in the coffin for defined benefit schemes."
He told delegates at the NAPF’s investment conference that the accounting standard was a short-term measure that addressed short-term issues. “Funding of a pension scheme is a long-term affair a...
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