DB scheme funding level

How the funding of defined benefit pension schemes is changing

Sponsors urged to negotiate ‘robustly’ on funding assumptions and agreements

Sirius Index analysis reveals scheme deficit levels remained broadly unchanged

Broadstone finds funding positions fell due to rising interest rate expectations

Surplus increased to £69bn due to increases in bond yields and fall in rate of inflation

The average time to buyout fell by five years and four months

XPS analysis finds that funding improved by nearly 20 percentage points over the year

Fall in bond yields follows market turbulence of September and October

The lifeboat fund says scheme funding levels steady after sharp improvement in September

Lifeboat fund caveats positive outlook noting impact on assets is currently less certain