Ralfe attacks local government valuation discount

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Local government pension schemes are using flawed discount rates in their latest triennial valuations to "grossly understate" their liabilities, an independent consultant says.

John Ralfe, former head of corporate finance at the £2.4bn Boots Pension Fund, attacked local authority schemes for using “very misleading” discount rates to calculate liabilities and argued they s...

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