Concern over growing range of accounting assumptions

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The widening range of inflation assumptions and discount rates used in pension scheme accounting could cause a headache for investors, warns a consultant.

Hymans Robertson's FTSE 350 Accounting Assumptions Survey revealed the growing spread of long-term inflation assumptions, with most companies using an inflation assumption below that implied by bon...

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