GERMANY - Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has attributed its e1.1bn pension obligation to a sustained period of low interest rates and new accounting standards.
In its third quarter report, the company said IAS19 had led to a e1.1bn increase in pension obligations as at end of September. “The increase was due especially to a considerable drop in long-te...
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