LDI crisis caused funding increase for DB schemes

LawDeb says crisis changed the way financial decisions are made for schemes

Jasmine Urquhart
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LDI crisis caused funding increase for DB schemes

The liability-driven investment (LDI) crisis two years ago caused both a short and long-term funding increase for most defined benefit (DB) schemes, research from Law Debenture has found.

The research, which surveyed 150 UK finance decision makers, found more than half (52%) believe DB schemes are likely to run on for longer as a result of the crisis, while one third (35%) thought t...

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