Unknown territory: Pensions impacts of negative yields and interest rates

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Nigel Sillis looks at how UK pension schemes could fare in a market environment with negative yields and interest rates.

On 20 May, the Bank of England's (BoE) three-year gilt auction took the UK bond market into uncharted territory, with new issuance promising investors a yield of -0.003%. Beyond a fleeting anomaly ...

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