Deficit funding tops trustee and sponsor risk factors

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Funding deficits is still seen by trustees and sponsors as the most significant risk facing schemes, Metlife research shows.

The insurer's 2012 UK Pension Risk Behaviour Index found that the next biggest perceived risk factors were employer covenant, mismatches between assets and liabilities and meeting investment return...

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