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The Upside of Low Interest Rates for Pension Plans: Issuing Debt to Fund Pension Liabilities

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Thu, 2 Aug 2012

​Issuing debt allows a sponsor to de-risk without waiting for market events or cash contributions to reach the level of funding that triggers a shift in asset allocation. There are a number of ways in which a sponsor may benefit from replacing inefficient “debt” (in the form of a pension deficit) w…

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