Market-implied figures no guide to long-term risk

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Relying on market-implied figures for scheme inflation assumptions is a very poor way of estimating long-term risk factors, Hewitt Associates warns.

Global head of asset allocation Colin Robertson said market implied, or break-even, inflation was not a good measure because it gets distorted easily - and can move sharply when equity markets cras...

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