PPF introduces updated insolvency risk services
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF), in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), has published its plans for updated insolvency risk services and is consulting on its approach to insolvency risk measurement from 2021.
The lifeboat fund has proposed limited changes to the existing insolvency risk methodology as it "has been shown to be working well" so far. The partnership with D&B will mean insolvency risk scores will...
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