Use of Irish bonds to discount liabilities would benefit schemes

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IRELAND - Pegging defined benefit schemes' liabilities to Irish bonds instead of German and French bonds could significantly ease the burden of underfunding, said Aon Hewitt.

Although bond yields have increased following their sharp decline in August, German bond yields are still far below their levels at the beginning of the year offsetting the benefits gained from the...

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