PPF aggregate surplus rises to £442.3bn in February

Funding ratio increases to 146.1%, with total assets at £1.4trn

Jasmine Urquhart
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The aggregate surplus of the PPF7800 rose in February
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The aggregate surplus of the PPF7800 rose in February

The aggregate surplus of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) 7800 index was estimated to have risen to £442.3bn at the end of February.

The PPF's index, which estimates the funding position of the 5,050 defined benefit (DB) schemes in the PPF 7800 index based on a section 179 basis, saw the funding ratio increase to 146.1%, a 2.2% ...

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