TPR and PPF reveal growing risk to lifeboat fund

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Research from The Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund has revealed just how badly scheme funding levels have been hit by movements in financial markets.

The latest edition of the Purple Book - published jointly by the PPF and TPR today - reveals funding levels in UK defined benefit schemes have dropped by almost a quarter over the last 18 months. ...

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