EUROPE - A strong bond yields decline will result in many plan sponsors seeing a substantial drop in the funded status of their plans, resulting in a significant increase in pension expense in the following fiscal year, Watson Wyatt has claimed.
US and international accounting standards (FAS 87, IAS 19) require that the rate used to discount future pension benefits be based on yields on high quality corporate bonds that match the timing an...
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