Plebicide and Suicide
As deficits continue to grow Con Keating urges schemes to think carefully about what they do next.
In the post-Brexit period I have listened to no fewer than three investment consultants advocating the immediate hedging of interest rate risk in our pension scheme, "as the deficit is likely to blossom...
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