PPF aggregate surplus rises slightly in September

Funding ratio increases to 148.4%, with total assets at £1,458.8bn

Jasmine Urquhart
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PPF aggregate surplus rises slightly in September

The aggregate surplus of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) 7800 Index increased slightly to £476bn in September, from £475bn the previous month.

The index, which estimates the funding position of the 5,050 defined benefit (DB) schemes in the PPF 7800 Index based on a section 179 basis, saw the funding ratio increase slightly to 148.4% by th...

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