UK - HSBC has made a one-off payment of £500m into its £6bn final salary scheme as part of a pre-emptive move to plug a growing deficit in the fund.
The bank increased its contributions into the scheme from 16.9% to 20% from August last year. The 2002 annual report showed the fund had a £1.8bn deficit. However, HSBC will not know the full sc...
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