Assumption changes to knock up to £45bn off FTSE 350 pension deficits

Kim Kaveh
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Lower life expectancy assumptions could knock up to £45bn off pension deficits on an accounting basis, according to Willis Towers Watson.

According to the firm, refinements made to how companies convert retirement benefits which are expected to be paid in future into a single liability is also a contributing factor. It calculated ...

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