Pensions could be "wiped out" by resource shortages, actuaries warn

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Report warns "significant" risk of resource constraints is not being factored into current economic models

Shortages of water, metals, and other crucial resources could see pensions "wiped out and reduced to negligible levels", according to new research. Such constraints are not currently being factored...

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