TPR: 'We are not pushing gilts on anybody'

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The Pensions Regulator has denied it is forcing trustees to use a gilt-based mechanism to measure liabilities, in the face of calls to be more flexible on valuations.

TPR executive director of defined benefit regulation Stephen Soper (pictured) said the widely held belief the watchdog pushed schemes to value liabilities by reference to gilts was an "unfortunate ...

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