Improvements in the pension scheme funding positions over the past six months are "illusory" due to a freak deviation in corporate bond yields, PricewaterhouseCoopers claims.
The advisory firm said the double-A corporate bond rate – which is used for calculating scheme liabilities – had deviated “significantly” from the gilt, or risk-free market. It said the spread b...
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