DB surplus reforms put schemes and savers 'at risk'

Pension Security Alliance warned surplus extraction ‘adds indirect cost to members’

Jasmine Urquhart
clock • 1 min read
DB surplus reforms put schemes and savers 'at risk'

The defined benefit (DB) reforms set out in last week’s Pension Schemes Bill “put pension schemes at risk of underfunding”, a report has said.

The impact report from the Pension Security Alliance (PSA) said surplus extraction risks the retirement outcome of around nine million DB members, adding removing any surplus risks members' pension...

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