Pension funding levels on the up

Hope William-Smith
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Pensions schemes are better funded now than this time last year, according to PwC’s annual Pension Scheme Funding Survey.

Findings for 2019 looking at funding position and valuation assumptions adopted by UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes showed 80% had a funding deficit at their latest valuation. This figure wa...

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