DB contribution levels expected to meet investment shortfall

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Companies could increase their defined benefit (DB) contributions rates to meet a £770bn funding gap over the next 60 years.

This is despite FTSE 350 companies already allocating 34p in every £1 spent to plugging DB funding shortfalls. Barnett Waddingham's Impact of Pension Schemes on UK Business report showed FTSE 35...

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