FTSE 350 DB spending reached nearly £9bn in 2022

WTW estimates one in five schemes could be sufficiently well-funded to reach buyout

Martin Richmond
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FTSE 350 DB spending reached nearly £9bn in 2022

FTSE 350 companies paid almost £9bn into their defined benefit (DB) schemes last year, research from WTW has shown.

The consultancy's analysis of accounts filed by DB scheme sponsors in the FTSE 350 with 31 December 2022 year-ends found such schemes had paid £8.9bn into their DB schemes over the course of the ye...

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