GLOBAL - There is a fundamental flaw in the US pension accounting system identified by Bob Bunicich, an actuary and principal of William M. Mercer in the Netherlands, which can inflate company figures.
The flaw is that if there is a pension surplus (prepaid pension cost), the company is not required to ask itself first whether the entire surplus may flow back to the company and be regarded as an ...
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