Nearly 10% of FTSE 250 have 'worrying amount of pension debt'
More than two years' worth of dividends are needed to plug the £4.7bn defined benefit (DB) pensions deficits for 23 FTSE 250 companies, JLT Employee Benefits research shows.
The consultancy's study - The FTSE 250 and their Pension Disclosures - found a further 12 companies would need to make payments worth up to two years' dividends, and another 56 could settle the deficit...
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