Revised IAS19 regime to boost de-risking

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The European Union has endorsed revised accounting standards for schemes which will cut UK firms' reported profits by £10bn and could trigger an increase in de-risking.

The organisation announced last week that all EU listed companies would have to adopt the IAS19R measure for accounting periods starting on or after 1 January 2013. The updated standard requires...

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