UK defined benefit schemes turned a deficit of £201bn in 2009 into a surplus of £22bn last year, figures reveal.
Research by TheCityUK - an independent financial membership body - found a 7.6% real return on UK pension funds, fuelled by recovering equity markets, helped swing a deficit in 2009 of £201bn to a ...
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