FTSE350 firms using generous accounting assumptions to calculate liabilities

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Two-thirds of FTSE350 firms use lower levels of inflation than the market to calculate pension accounts - shaving £7bn off deficits, a survey shows.

Hymans Robertson accounting assumptions study discovered 65% of FTSE350 companies used inflation assumptions ten basis points below market yields to calculate their pension accounts to reduce repor...

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