Directors swap pension contributions for cash

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Executives at the UK's largest companies are increasingly opting to receive cash payments instead of pensions, research shows.

According a report from Incomes Data Services (IDS), directors of FTSE 100 companies received cash worth over a quarter of their salary rather than receive payments into their occupational pensions...

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