Pension Deficits At FTSE-100 Companies Fell £20 Billion In 2006, Says Watson Wyatt

Pension deficits at FTSE 100 companies fell by a record 20 billion this year, thanks to rising stock markets and bond yields, and are expected to decline again next year, according to Watson Wyatt, who estimates that the collective deficit

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Pension deficits at FTSE 100 companies fell by a record 20 billion this year, thanks to rising stock markets and bond yields, and are expected to decline again next year, according to Watson Wyatt, who estimates that the collective deficit for FTSE 100 companies now stands at 39.9 billion. In December alone, the pension funding gap fell by 14.1 billion, the biggest monthly reduction in three years.

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