PPF

The Pension Protection Fund has completed the sale of its stake in Harworth Estates, the property group split from UK Coal.

Schemes with foreign parent companies that go bust should find it easier to get into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) under cross-border insolvency reforms from the European Council (EC).

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is developing plans to bring some of its asset management in-house as it expects to see external manager fees rise 50% this year.

The total deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 have fallen by 32% after hitting record levels in January.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has agreed to sell its stake in Harworth Estates, the property group split off from UK Coal, in a deal worth £150m.

The record deficits recorded on the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 index last month are no cause for alarm according to the lifeboat fund's chief executive.

Eversheds consultant Anthony Arter has been confirmed as the next Pensions Ombudsman (PO) and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) Ombudsman.

Towers Watson has appointed Sharmila Nebhrajani and Russell Picot to act as trustees on its Life Sight master trust.

Most industry figures think defined benefit (DB) schemes will have to cut benefits to tackle spiralling deficits, according to PP research.

The total deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index has surged by nearly £322bn over the past 12 months.