THE aggregate funding position of the 7800 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund worsened by £17bn in October, the lifeboat fund says.
The PPF said the section 179 deficit – a measure broadly equivalent to the buyout basis of funding – increased from £80.3bn at the end of September 2008 to £97.3bn at the end of October 2008. It s...
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