LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry saidon Monday that it expects little lasting market impact from itsmajor reforms to employee pension schemes, and continued strongdemand for British government and corporate bonds.
"The government believes that the overall impact on theexisting defined benefit asset base is likely to be limited,"the finance ministry said after consulting with industry.
"It is expected that there will still be a strong continuingdemand for high quality fixed income assets, includinggovernment and corporate bonds," it added.
Some pension schemes may need to invest some of their moneyin more liquid assets, it also said.
* For a detailed article on the reforms, see (Reporting by David Milliken)