Inflation hedging levels exceed Q1 record

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A record £18.5bn worth of liability hedging transactions were completed in the second quarter of 2012 according to research from F&C.

The asset manager said pension funds were protecting against the risk of further inflation rises as the economy continued to deteriorate, and were taking advantage of the relative cheapness of infl...

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