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PPF appoints Mike Ridley as Head of Restructuring and launches new guidance

The newly created role of Head of Restructuring marks an addition to the PPF’s in-house team which has played a leading role in many of the UK’s most high profile pension restructuring deals and insolvency events in recent years.

PPF Response to Referendum Decision

Our long standing low risk approach and hedging strategy mean that we are able to cope with the volatile markets we expect to see.

The Pension Protection Fund reports strong position in Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has reported a strong financial position and healthy balance sheet in its 2015/16 Annual Report and Accounts, published today.

PPF withstands market shocks in 2019/20

Investments return 5.2 per cent – the same as in 2018/19 – despite market turbulence caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and assets grew from £32.1bn to £36.1bn. 

PPF reports strong investment performance in 2018/19

Despite significant market volatility, the PPF's investment return in the year to 31 March 2019 was 5.2 per cent and its assets under management grew from £30 billion to £32 billion.

What are asset backed contributions?

Asset backed contributions are regular payments to the scheme that derive from an underlying asset.

What are deficit reduction contributions?

Deficit reduction contributions are extra payments you can make to reduce the shortfall of funding in a pension scheme. These could form part of a recovery plan, or be additional to that.

The Purple Book reveals improvement in scheme funding despite £129bn deficit

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has today published The Purple Book 2021.

Get retirement ready in 2022

New research reveals final salary pension holders lack understanding and interest in their defined benefit pension scheme.

PPF comment on DWP White Paper ‘Protecting defined benefit pension schemes'

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is making changes to the actuarial assumptions used in s179 and s143 valuations, following a consultation.