Buzz: Industry rejects NAPF smoothing proposal

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A third of respondents think the government should leave discount rates alone, while not one contributor supported the NAPF's call for a temporary uplift.

Question: How should the DWP smooth discount rates? The most popular option for what the Department for Work and Pensions should do about discount rates was ‘nothing'. Just under a third of B...

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