Costain faces negative shareholder equity due to scheme volatility

Jonathan Stapleton
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Costain has announced it has closed its defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual in a bid to reduce risk and volatility.

The engineering and construction group's preliminary results for the year to December 31, last year - released today - revealed the group saw its UK scheme deficit increase from £36.1m at the end o...

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