Trustees must be vigilant over M&A

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Trustees must assess the impact of mergers and acquisitions involving sponsors and the impact these can have on the scheme's covenant, warns Punter Southall Transition Services.

The firm predicted this kind of corporate activity would increase in the next year due to pressure to increase dividends, need to refinance maturing corporate debt and the perception that companies...

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