Hutton urges government to review public sector discount rate - NAPF Conference 2010

Jonathan Stapleton
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Lord Hutton has asked government to look at the discount rate used to value public sector pensions as he believes it is too high.

Speaking to the NAPF conference yesterday evening, Hutton said he believed the rate was too high and the cost of public sector pensions was consequently being underestimated. He said: "It is tec...

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