The 6,653 schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund reported a surplus of £13.5bn at the end of last month, figures show.
The combined deficit of the 200 largest UK private sector final salary schemes is at its lowest level since September last year, Aon Hewitt says.
The Pension Protection Fund has recorded a £400m surplus, compared with a £1.2bn deficit the year before, figures published today reveal
Uniq and the pension scheme trustees have come up with a revised funding agreement that could see 90% of the company's equity handed to the trustees.
The EMI Group has narrowly avoided a hearing before The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel after agreeing a £197m funding deal with the scheme trustee.
The government has announced it will set up a new public Royal Mail pension scheme - the liabilities of which are to be met by the taxpayer.
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The aggregate funding position of the 6,653 schemes in the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index improved to a deficit of £20.4bn at the end of September.