DB closures pick up pace as PPF records another fall in open schemes

James Phillips
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Just 12% of private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes remain open to new members, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Meanwhile, just 47% remain open to future accrual, the lifeboat fund's Purple Book 2017 revealed - three percentage points down from the 2016 and the steepest fall since 2013 when there was also a ...

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