DB funding - May 2020: PPF 7800 deficit surges by 37%

James Phillips
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Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the May 2020 estimates on the various measures…

The latest positions PPF 7800 The aggregate section 179 funding deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 dataset soared by 37% to £176.3bn over the course of May. Li...

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