Santander UK has suffered a near 50% increase in its total defined benefit scheme deficit in the first six months of this year, half year results reveal.
The Spanish-owned banking group - which recently agreed a deal to buy 318 Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest branches - blamed a 34 basis point spike in the net discount rate, coupled with "below e...
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