Deficits in defined benefit (DB) schemes were pushed up by falling gilt yields in July, according to official figures.
Data from the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index revealed the funding gap on a section 179 basis jumped from £223.1bn in June 2015 to £254.2bn at the end of July. This comes after a peri...
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