Back to black: FTSE 100 schemes post accounting surplus for first time in decade

James Phillips
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Pension schemes at the UK's 100 largest listed companies had a combined accounting surplus of £4bn at the end of 2017, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) analysis suggests.

After spending the majority of the last 10 years in the red, FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) schemes saw their first year-end surplus since 2007. Further, aside from a brief spell in early 2015, t...

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