PPF 7800 aggregate surplus falls by £17bn in March

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Martin Richmond
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PPF 7800 aggregate surplus falls by £17bn in March

The aggregate surplus of the 4,969 defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) 7800 Index fell by £17.2bn in March, newly published figures show.

The latest data from the PPF's index estimates the funding position of the DB schemes in the index based on adjusting the scheme valuation data supplied to The Pensions Regulator as part of the sch...

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