QE3 will fuel employers' desire to shut down DB

Jenna Towler
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Half of defined benefit schemes will be closed to future accrual by the end of the year as quantitative easing increases costs, a consultant predicts.

Aon Hewitt benefit design specialist James Patten said the Bank of England's policy - the third round of which began last week raising fears over continued "scheme funding torture" (PP Online, 9 Fe...

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