Record gilt yield lows limit funding level rally

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Funding positions have improved slightly this month as rising asset values offset increasing liabilities which were pushed out by record low discount rates.

The latest Aon Hewitt 350 Index revealed the aggregate deficit for the index shrank from £56bn at the beginning of the year to £51bn by the end of January. Aon Hewitt principal John Belgrove sai...

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