DB trustees and sponsors are collaborating more during valuations

Stephanie Baxter
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Sponsors and trustees are working together more closely during the valuation process but larger schemes are less satisfied with negotiations, according to research by Punter Southall.

The consultancy's defined benefit (DB) scheme funding survey 2015 showed one fifth of schemes were less satisfied with negotiations with the trustee or employer in 2015, an improvement on the one i...

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