PPF 7800 index shows muted response to 'considerable' intra-month volatility

Funding levels show only slight fall in response to geopolitical news

Jonathan Stapleton
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PPF 7800 index shows muted response to 'considerable' intra-month volatility

The aggregate surplus of the 4,969 schemes in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) 7800 Index fell by £6.3bn to £232.7bn in February on a section 179 basis.

The PPF's index showed the aggregate funding ratio fell by 0.9 percentage points from 127.0% at the end of January to 126.1% at the end of last month. During the same period, total scheme assets fe...

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