Coronavirus crisis underscores urgent need for superfunds

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As new figures from the Pension Protection Fund show the shortfall of final salary schemes in deficit grew to £256.4bn during April, Joe Dabrowski examines how the superfund structure could help…if only we had one.

With the coronavirus shutdown that is wreaking havoc on companies unlikely to be lifted any time soon, we can expect the combined deficit to jump further as schemes face the triple whammy of fallin...

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