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'Fake news' and funding levels: Why BoE rate rises matter less than you think

Rosalind Mann

23 May 2018 • 3 min read

Speculation about rate rises has caused some schemes to delay any further liability hedging. Rosalind Mann looks at why this may be the wrong move.

We hear a lot about ‘fake news' these days. Being constantly bombarded with information from so many different sources can make it very difficult to know which information to take seriously and ...

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