PPF confirms revised levy framework

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The Pension Protection Fund will use scheme investment risk for the first time to calculate the levy from 2012/13, it announced today.

The lifeboat fund said considering the investment risk of a scheme's portfolio when calculating the levy will give it a better handle on the differences in risk posed by schemes' investment strateg...

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