Combined IAS19 surplus of FTSE 100 companies rises to £70bn in January

LCP Pensions Explorer measured £5bn increase in FTSE 100 surplus since last month

Jasmine Urquhart
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Combined IAS19 surplus of FTSE 100 companies rises to £70bn in January

The combined IAS19 surplus of FTSE 100 UK pension schemes was around £70bn last month, the LCP Pensions Explorer has measured.

The consultancy measured the FTSE 100 surplus at the end of January at around £5bn higher than in December 2024, and around £25bn higher than at the start of 2024. It suggested the government's ...

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