discount rates

FTSE350 defined benefit deficits have risen 11% over November but funding ratios remains stagnant at 90%, a Mercer survey shows.

Professional Pensions assembled a panel of four industry experts to talk about the importance of being gilt-edged; the the use of government bonds as an asset class; and discount rate smoothing.

The Chancellor will use his Autumn Statement to launch a review into the discount rate The Pensions Regulator uses to calculate the size of deficits.