TPR urged to take pragmatic approach for looming valuations

James Phillips
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) must adopt a “pragmatic” approach to the 15% of UK schemes that have valuation dates within the next three weeks, Aon has said.

The consultancy warned that funding valuations would be "difficult", with FTSE 350 scheme deficits calculated to have risen by £40bn over the first quarter of this year. Against the ongoing coro...

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