DB surpluses up £41bn in the last year, XPS finds

Aggregate surplus at around £211bn, a monthly increase of £5bn

Jasmine Urquhart
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DB surpluses up £41bn in the last year, XPS finds

Defined benefit (DB) pension scheme surpluses have increased by around £41bn in the last year, reaching £211bn at the end of July, XPS Group finds.

Analysis from the firm's DB:UK Funding Watch tracker showed a monthly surplus increase in July of £5bn compared to the previous month, with total assets at £1,163bn and a funding position of 122%. ...

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