Pensions - Articles - The PPF publish the PPF 7800 Index for March 2022

 A scheme’s s179 liabilities represent, broadly speaking, the premium that would have to be paid to an insurance company to take on the payment of PPF levels of compensation. This compensation may be lower than full scheme benefits.

 • The aggregate surplus of the 5,215 schemes in the PPF 7800 Index is estimated to have decreased to £133.6 billion at the end of February 2022, from a surplus of £146.4 billion at the end of January 2022.
 • The funding ratio decreased from 109.1 per cent at the end of January 2022 to 108.4 per cent.
 • Total assets were £1,732.2 billion and total liabilities were £1,598.6 billion.
 • There were 2,172 schemes in deficit and 3,043 schemes in surplus.
 • The aggregate deficit of the schemes in deficit at the end of February 2022 was £83.1 billion, up from £80.9 billion at the end of January 2022.

 Lisa McCrory, PPF’s Chief Finance Officer and Chief Actuary, said: “While the aggregate funding position for the 5,215 DB schemes we protect remains positive overall, a fall in global equity assets, offset by an increase in most bond yields, has seen the aggregate surplus fall to £133.6bn. This also means more schemes are in deficit with an increased aggregate deficit of £83.1bn. Although the change at an aggregate level is small, the impacts on some individual schemes may be more significant.”

 View the March update and see the supporting data on the 7800 Index for 28 February 2022 here: