Struggling scheme trustees urged to overhaul investment strategy

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UK - Members of struggling defined benefit schemes could lose out on £150m (US$237.5m) of benefits unless the trustees take control of their investment strategy, a consultant warned.

  Hewitt Associates said volatile markets had severely affected asset values, while constraints on liquidity and cashflow meant additional deficit contributions were out of the question for an i...

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