Accounting standards undermine UK schemes - NAPF

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UK pension provision is being undermined by accounting standards currently used to calculate schemes' assets and liabilities, a report finds.

The report - commissioned by the National Association of Pension Funds and written by the Leeds University Business School - said current accounting standards introduce short-term volatility into t...

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