How employers can get better value from legacy DB schemes

Better comms could ensure the £20bn spent on DB each year isn’t wasted

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Hilary Salt says a simple shift in communications could ensure the £20bn employers spend on DB each year isn't wasted

Over the last decade we've seen the long march of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes from the sunny beaches of open schemes run by HR departments to the desolate windswept plains of finance depar...

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