Scotland's pension schemes could be inflating deficits due to the use of UK-wide life expectancy estimates that are higher than the Scottish average, Pension Insurance Corporation warns.
The risk management firm said Scottish schemes overestimate their liabilities by using UK longevity assumptions, which put average life spans at 77.9 years - two-and-a-half years longer than the Sc...
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