Updated Takeover Code may fail to improve scheme security

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Proposed changes to the Takeover Code designed to give trustees more security could be "meaningless" when applied to hostile takeovers argues a lawyer.

Norton Rose partner Lesley Browning (pictured) said the intention of giving members and trustees the same certainty on pensions as they have on other employment rights was laudable. But she adde...

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