Comment: Well done PPF, now give something back

Michael Bow argues it is time the PPF gave back to schemes

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The 72% rise in the Pension Protection Fund surplus is good news but it will raise the hackles of trustees and cash strapped sponsors facing tough funding positions of their own.

It really shouldn't. The PPF is necessary to protect people from a life of poverty should their schemes fall over. More than that, the more successful the PPF is, the quicker the levy will cease. I...

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