Schemes can expect to fund 98.5% of the accrued benefits
The health of UK DB schemes has steadily improved since the start of Covid-19
Professional Pensions joins PPF CFO Lisa McCrory to discuss the latest in scheme data
Increasing maturity and scheme funding levels are behind de-risking trend
Scheme funding in the defined benefit (DB) universe has worsened, but the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) remains confident it can tackle the challenges ahead, it says as it launches its 2020 Purple Book.
Charlotte Moore looks at how the Covid-19 economic crisis will affect funding for schemes in differing amounts.
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has rattled investors of all kinds, but the market reaction poses some challenges unique to pension funds, Duncan Lamont writes.
The PPF's latest Purple Book reveals the significant underfunding challenges in the DB universe, and these will stay with us for the long-term, says Jonathan Stapleton.
Plenty of risk remains in the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) universe but the outlook on funding levels is positive, the lifeboat says as it launches its 2019 Purple Book.
As the PPF and Professional Pensions get ready to launch the 2019 edition of the Purple Book, Lisa McCrory explains how trustees and the wider industry can use the data.