PPF 7800 Index: Deficits climb £25bn over July

James Phillips
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The liabilities of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes continued to increase last month amid further falls in yields, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index.

The latest figures showed total liabilities hit £1.8trn by the end of last month, up 3.5% from £1.7trn at the end of June. Meanwhile, the funding ratio of the index's 5,945 schemes fell a furthe...

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