UK - Pension funds are under further pressure following rating agency Standard & Poor's decision to focus the spotlight on scheme liabilities when awarding credit ratings, claim senior consultants.
The move is likely to be used as a further excuse to close defined benefit schemes and prompt a further exodus from equities, it is believed. Aon Consulting principal Chris Erwin said: “This is ...
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