Defined Benefit

PPF 7800 index shows aggregate funding level for DB schemes has risen to 127%

LCP Pensions Explorer measured £5bn increase in FTSE 100 surplus since last month

Broadstone finds fully hedged scheme deficit fell to lowest level in three years in January

First Actuarial found ‘considerable drop’ in financial risk associated with DB redress

Consultancy analysis finds government plans to extract DB surplus could be worth £160bn

Scheme will use around 10% of SRBS surplus per annum to help fund DC section

Consultancy predicts total volume of BPA business in 2024 to be between £45bn and £50bn

Consultancy says its Transfer Value Index saw ‘significant decline’ in final quarter of 2024

Barnett Waddingham End Gauge Index measures aggregate surplus at £63bn

Isio’s Low Risk Funding Index measures end of year surplus at £85bn with assets exceeding £415bn