UK/EUROPE - Fund managers have attacked ratings agencies over the downgrading of companies with pension fund deficits, which they claim has caused bond market volatility.
The attacks come after beleaguered aerospace giant BAe Systems became the first UK company to be downgraded by Moody’s because of its scheme deficit of £2.2bn. German steel giant ThyssenKrupp wa...
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