UK - HSBC Bank has blamed huge scheme deficits on the fall in FRS17 discount rates - not the stock market.
The bank said that although a three-year decline in equity markets had wiped out surpluses in pension funds, the main component of scheme deficits was a drop in the FRS17 discount rate from 7% to 5...
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