Government should reject calls to smooth discount rates: Punter Southall

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The government should resist calls to allow schemes to smooth gilt yields when calculating discount rates for valuing future liabilities says Punter Southall.

The consultancy argued that there is sufficient flexibility within the current system for schemes to ease the impact of ballooning accounting deficits. Principal David Cule said there is scope t...

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