UK - Pension funds will continue to increase their fixed income weightings, regardless of whether or not the controversial accounting standard FRS17 is abolished, according to Joe McKenna, head of global securities at Britannic Asset Management.
Describing the growing trend amongst pension funds to increase their bond portfolios, McKenna said that the increase was inevitable. Whilst FRS17 has helped the corporate bond market by increasing ...
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