Employer covenant remains major risk for DB schemes

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Employer covenant risk remains a significant issue for defined benefit schemes, research from MetLife Assurance has shown.

For the second year in a row, respondents to the firm's 2012 UK Pension Risk Behaviour Index identified employer covenant as the second most important risk overall facing schemes. Only funding d...

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