The International Accounting Standards Board has issued the official draft of its proposal to eliminate the use of government bonds to determine discount rates.
At least one consultant said this could reduce pension deficits by up to a third. Accounting rule IAS19 currently requires companies to use the value of high quality corporate bonds to calculate...
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