Two in five defined benefit (DB) schemes with over £1bn of assets have an accounting surplus or zero balance, according to research by Barnett Waddingham.
This is compared to 57% which have a deficit on the same measure, although this is down from 67% in 2016. On average, the funding level across all schemes with more than £1bn assets was 98% on t...
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