Mercer: US accounting standards discourage de-risking strategies

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US - Current accounting standards in the US have discouraged the use of de-risking strategies among corporate pension funds, Mercer says.

A joint report by Oliver Wyman and Mercer titled "Funny Money": The increasing irrelevance of pension earnings, says US GAAP (Generally Accepted accounting Principles) accounting standards include ...

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