EU bank capital rules 'could harm pension funds'

Stephanie Baxter
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A group of pension fund managers have warned incoming bank capital rules could shut schemes out of derivatives or force them to sell long-term assets to generate cash.

In a joint letter to European commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, Lord Jonathan Hill (pictured), they warned the new leverage ratio and net stable fu...

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