Firms tailor scheme discount rates as uncertainty over index yields grows

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A "significant" divergence has opened up between the interest rates used to discount scheme liabilities and double A corporate bond indices, Mercer warns.

The consultant said it appeared the majority of companies were taking the view it was no longer appropriate to use indices unadjusted. Accounting guidelines say companies should use the yield on h...

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