UK - Ed Balls, economics secretary to the treasury, has been accused of taking advantage of pension funds after he promised more long-dated gilts to the UK pensions industry.
In a speech at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) investment conference in Edinburgh yesterday, Balls said the government had heavily skewed the gilt issuance towards long-dated and i...
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