Trinity Mirror quadruples de-risking contracts as deficit rises

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Newspaper group Trinity Mirror has almost quadrupled the amount of de-risking insurance contracts it holds as discount rate falls increased its deficit, its final year results show.

The publishers of The Daily Mirror held £118m worth of insurance contracts in 2011 but increased this to over £440m over 2012. The company said it now has hedged almost quarter of its gross pens...

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