PPF confirms changes to valuation assumptions for buyout

Valuation assumptions will reflect lower pricing in the bulk annuity market

Holly Roach
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PPF chief finance officer and chief actuary Lisa McCrory
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PPF chief finance officer and chief actuary Lisa McCrory

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed it will update certain valuation assumptions to reflect lower pricing in the bulk annuity market.

As part of its buyout valuation assumptions consultation earlier this year, the lifeboat fund set out proposed changes to the assumptions intended to provide schemes that could be able to secure be...

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