The combined deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by £29.2bn over December to £223.9bn according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) latest update.
In the lifeboat fund's 7800 index, liabilities outpaced the growth in scheme assets as the funding ratio worsened from 88.1% at the end of November to 86.8% by the end of the year. The figures c...
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