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HomeUK Treasury

Gold-plated pension promises and the insecure young

12 October 2016Articles, PensionsBHS, FTSE All-share, inequality, pensions, public policy, UK TreasuryNick Dunbar

QE has driven corporate pension liabilities sky-high, and MPs are considering softening inflation-linked promises amid complaints over generational inequality. But British companies’ ever-increasing dividends makes such a move politically tricky.

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