Half of DB future accrual to cease by 2012

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Nearly half of employers with defined benefit schemes still open to active members think they will close them to future accrual within three years, Watson Wyatt research reveals.

The consultant also found of those employers planning to keep their scheme open to existing members, 28% will do so on less generous terms. The research, which surveyed 250 DB schemes, found so ...

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