The majority of businesses with closed defined benefit (DB) pension schemes larger than £500m plan to request access to surpluses once rules are amended, according to Brightwell.
The firm's survey found 93% of UK businesses surveyed with these schemes are "eager" to put pension surpluses to use, especially with total DB surpluses sitting at £160bn according to government an...
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