Still Trussed up: UK pensions confront fallout from LDI crisis
Trustees and consultants are making risky trade-offs as interim guidance increases the cost of hedging
At first glance, UK pension schemes have plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Fifteen months of rising interest rates have eroded their liabilities, which move inversely to gilt yields. The result is that more pension schemes are fully funded than ever before, and their assets fully meet their liabilities.
Yet not all UK pensions are so lucky. Around 15% of defined benefit schemes remain underfunded
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