{"id":39649,"date":"2017-01-05T00:32:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/final-salary-pension-deficit-of-biggest-listed-firms-in-uk-hits-137bn\/"},"modified":"2017-01-05T00:38:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:38:55","slug":"final-salary-pension-deficit-of-biggest-listed-firms-in-uk-hits-137bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/final-salary-pension-deficit-of-biggest-listed-firms-in-uk-hits-137bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Final salary pension deficit of biggest listed firms in UK 'hits \u00a3137bn'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nConsultancy says combined deficit has trebled from \u00a339bn in previous year despite stock market ending year on highThe combined final salary pension deficit of the UK\u2019s 350 largest listed companies more than trebled to reach \u00a3137bn in 2016, despite the stock market ending the year on a high, according to a leading consultancy.The retirement consultancy Mercer said a sharp fall in corporate bond yields and higher inflation expectations had both hit schemes. It found that the combined accounting deficit of FTSE 350 company schemes rose to \u00a3137bn on 30 December, even though the FTSE 100 index ended the year at an all-time high that day. At the end of December 2015 the corresponding deficit was \u00a339bn. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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