DB sponsors account for one fifth of H1 2023 profit warnings

Over a quarter of warnings were issued by companies in the consumer-facing industry

Martin Richmond
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DB sponsors account for one fifth of H1 2023 profit warnings

Nearly one fifth of all profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies in the first half of the year came from firms sponsoring a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme, research from EY-Parthenon has shown.

The company's Profit Warning analysis revealed of the 141 profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies so far in 2023, 27 of them were issued by companies which sponsored a DB scheme, compared to ...

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