DB scheme funding levels see gains at start of 2025

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

Martin Richmond
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DB scheme funding levels see gains at start of 2025

Defined benefit (DB) scheme funding levels saw “positive funding progression” with narrow gains at the start of the year, analysis from Broadstone shows.

The first update of 2025 from the consultancy's Sirius Index, which monitors how various scheme strategies are performing on their journeys to self-sufficiency, revealed the funding levels for both...

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