DB funding - December 2019: Deficit halves as equities and gilts rally, says PPF

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Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the December 2019 estimates on the various measures…

The latest positions PPF Schemes were 98% funded on a section 179 basis at the end of 2019, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) says. The lifeboat fund's 7800 Index recorded a year-end defi...

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