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FEATURE: Dutch funding levels battered by low discount rates
Global Pensions |
07 Jul 2010 | 
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension experts question whether the interbank swap yield curve is the best rate to discount liabilities against, Giovanni Legorano and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report.
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Dutch funding levels battered by low discount rates
Dutch pension experts question whether the interbank swap yield curve is the best rate to discount liabilities against, as Giovanni Legorano and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report
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