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The following questions were put by Investment Week to the Equitable Life press office What is th...

The following questions were put by Investment Week to the Equitable Life press office What is the current portfolio breakdown of the with -profits fund? It's on the website. (These figures are from December 1999) Can you give any more recent figures? No, they are not available. Can Equitable guarantee that it is now fully funded for its liabilities or could there be further cuts? We are now in line with market values but we cannot predict what the market is going to do so, like any other life company, our investments must follow the market sooner or later. How much has the wi...

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