NAPF 2012: TPR rejects NAPF calls for discount rate smoothing

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Adjusting discount rates for liabilities risks "simply picking the answer you want and ignoring the reality of the situation", The Pensions Regulator warns.

The comments come in response to a speech by National Association of Pension Funds chairman Mark Hyde Harrison - who urged the government to allow schemes to lift discount rates to reduce the impac...

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