Caution urged over discount rate reviews

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Scheme sponsors must question whether they should increase discount rates automatically in line with corporate bond yields, a consultant warns.

Hamish Wilson & Co said corporate bond yields had risen over the past 12 months, significantly reducing companies’ reported pension liabilities and accounting deficits and in some instances creatin...

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