PPF 7800 index deficit improves to £97.6bn

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The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £97.6bn this month.

The combined deficit stood at £148.9bn at end of September. The PPF said movements in financial markets would have raised the deficit by £19.9bn but this was more than offset by a change in s179...

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