PPF reveals £60bn improvement in scheme funding levels

Jonathan Stapleton
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Aggregate scheme funding improved by £60.1bn in December 2009, latest figures from the Pension Protection Fund reveal.

The lifeboat fund's PPF7800 index - which tracks the performance of nearly 7400 schemes - said the improvement meant the total deficit in UK pension funds had fallen to £32.6bn at the end of Decemb...

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