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- We've retained our UK Stewardship Code status
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- A triple win at the IPE Awards 2021
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- A winning evening
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- Annual Report 2022/23: Greening Government Commitments update
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- Annual Report shows another successful year for the PPF
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- Another successful year in 2021/2022
- Another win for us
- Autism Awareness Day 2021
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- Changes to our actuarial factors
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- Claire Curtin appointed as Head of ESG
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- Court confirms Hampshire methodology is permissible
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- COVID-19 and your pension
- Dana Grey appointed as Chief Risk Officer
- David Atkinson joins Board as Non-Executive Director
- David Taylor to leave the PPF
- Deadline to apply for Pension Credit approaching
- Developing the conversation at our inaugural SME Forum
- Diversity & inclusion: our five year goals
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- ECJ judgment in PSV v Bauer
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- Fashion show raises money for Mind in Croydon
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- Fraud Compensation Fund eligibility criteria confirmed
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- Global IT outages: PPF unaffected thanks to robust risk management
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- Interest grows over future of DB schemes and our role
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- Levy rules for 2021/22 published
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- Member Focus 2019
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- Michelle Ostermann appointed as new Chief Executive
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- National Apprenticeship Week 2019
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- New consultation on gap years for dependents
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- Next group of members receiving increased payments
- Next phase begins after ECJ ruling in Hampshire
- Next steps after court ruling on Hampshire methodology
- Old British Steel Pension Scheme secures buy-in
- Oliver Morley in top 100 LGBT allies
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- Oliver Morley, Chief Executive, to depart PPF
- Our 2018/19 annual report shows strong performance
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- Registering online for the first time
- Removing the compensation cap and paying arrears
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- Update on the European Court of Justice ruling
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- We begin implementing the European Court of Justice ruling
- We concluded the sale of Kodak Alaris to Kingswood Capital Management
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- Weathering the current economic storm
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- Alan Rubenstein to step down as Chief Executive of the Pension Protection Fund
- Changes resulting from new bridging pension regulations
- David Atkinson joins PPF board as Non-Executive Director
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- FAS to close to new schemes from September 2016
- First Diversity Pay Gap report published
- Get retirement ready in 2022
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- Michelle Ostermann appointed as CEO of The Pension Protection Fund
- New funding from the PPF forms part of £85m Monmouthshire Housing Association deal
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- Oliver Morley CBE appointed as next PPF Chief Executive
- Oliver Morley, Chief Executive, to depart PPF
- Pension bodies unite to reassure UK pension savers
- Pension Protection Fund announces levy estimate for 2019/20
- Pension Protection Fund appoints 11 firms to new Trustee and Support Services panel
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- Pension Protection Fund confirms levy rules for 2020/21
- Pension Protection Fund launches Consultation on Contingent Assets in the PPF Levy
- Pension Protection Fund Levy Estimate 2018/19
- Pension Protection Fund publishes 2018 Gender Pay Gap report
- Pension Protection Fund, Unisuper and APG acquire Forico and Tasmania’s largest hardwood estate
- PPF 1000th scheme
- PPF 7800 index - April 2019
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- PPF 7800 index – July 2019
- PPF 7800 index - July 2023
- PPF 7800 index – June 2019
- PPF 7800 Index - March 2019
- PPF 7800 index - May 2019
- PPF 7800 index – November 2019
- PPF 7800 index – October 2019
- PPF 7800 index – September 2019
- PPF 7800 Index shows decline in aggregate deficit figure for April
- PPF announces appointment of Sara Protheroe to the Board
- PPF announces changes to legal panel, and appoints PPF+ advisory panel
- PPF announces firms appointed for new Framework Agreement
- PPF announces levy estimate for 2017/18
- PPF announces levy estimate for 2020/21
- PPF announces new legal panel
- PPF announces new specialist administration and actuarial services panel members
- PPF announces three new Board appointments
- PPF Annual Report shows robust performance in 2016/17
- PPF appoints Claire Curtin as Head Of ESG
- PPF Appoints Jayne Nickalls as Non Executive Director
- PPF appoints Lisa McCrory as Chief Finance Officer
- PPF appoints Liz Woolman, technology specialist, as non-executive director
- PPF appoints Mike Ridley as Head of Restructuring and launches new guidance
- PPF appoints new specialist firm to assessment period panel
- PPF appoints Stephen Wilcox as Chief Risk Officer
- PPF Appoints Two New Non-Executive Board Members
- PPF appoints two new non-executive directors
- PPF appoints two new non-executive directors
- PPF awarded ServiceMark accreditation with Distinction for exceptional customer service
- PPF Board look to January for levy decision
- PPF celebrates local apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week
- PPF Chair commits to expand sustainability drive with new strategy
- PPF champions power of stewardship in latest Responsible Investment Report
- PPF champions underrepresented talent during National Inclusion Week
- PPF closes UK’s largest regional property deal of 2021
- PPF comment on DWP White Paper ‘Protecting defined benefit pension schemes'
- PPF comments on Alan Rubenstein's appointment to esure
- PPF confirms 2024/25 levy halved to £100m
- PPF Confirms changes to S143 and S179 assumptions
- PPF Confirms changes to S143 and S179 assumptions
- PPF Confirms Final Levy Determination for 2017/18
- PPF Confirms Levy Determination for 2017/18
- PPF Confirms Levy Determination for 2018/19
- PPF confirms levy determination for 2019/20
- PPF confirms levy determination for 2022/23
- PPF confirms plans to raise Fraud Compensation Levy in 2017/18
- PPF confirms significant reduction in levy
- PPF confirms supportive measures for levy payers following consultation
- PPF confirms updates to valuation assumptions
- PPF confirms updates to valuation assumptions
- PPF consultation on levy rules for 2021/22 steers a steady course in difficult environment
- PPF consults on changes to S143 and S179 assumptions
- PPF consults on changes to section 143 and section 179 actuarial assumptions
- PPF consults on levy rules and announces £415m levy estimate for 2022/23
- PPF consults on levy rules for next three years from 2018
- PPF demonstrates continued financial strength
- PPF demonstrates the power of industry engagement and collaboration to drive positive change
- PPF employees raise £10,000 for Mind in Croydon
- PPF extends 90-day levy payment window for schemes impacted by COVID-19
- PPF focuses on building the diversity of its leadership pipeline as it publishes seventh Diversity Pay Gap Report
- PPF focuses on progress in private markets data in latest TCFD report
- PPF grows forestry stake to hit £1bn milestone
- PPF hits key targets in 22/23 Annual Report
- PPF launches five-year Diversity & Inclusion strategy
- PPF launches tender to appoint specialist firm to assessment period panel
- PPF launches tender to appoint specialist panel
- PPF launches Trustmark badge for panel firms
- PPF marks a productive year in its 2023/24 Annual Report
- PPF opens consultation on levy rule for new arrangements with no substantive sponsor
- PPF pays members £1billion in compensation in 2020/21 for the first time
- PPF proposes £100m as levy estimate for 2025/26
- PPF proposes £100m levy for 2024/25
- PPF proposes bespoke S143 valuation assumption for smaller schemes
- PPF proposes updates to valuation assumptions for buyout
- PPF publishes 2019 Gender Pay Gap report
- PPF publishes annual diversity pay gap report
- PPF publishes its strategy for the next three years
- PPF publishes refreshed guidance for restructuring & insolvency professionals
- PPF Publishes Refreshed Guidance for Restructuring & Insolvency Professionals
- PPF publishes revised Contingent Asset agreements and updated Guidance
- PPF publishes s143 valuation assumptions consultation response
- PPF publishes strategic plan for next three years
- PPF publishes strategy for next three years
- PPF publishes third TCFD report
- PPF reports strong financial position in 2021/22 annual report
- PPF reports strong investment performance in 2018/19
- PPF Response to Referendum Decision
- PPF Seeks Actuarial Services
- PPF Seeks New Administration and Actuarial Panel
- PPF statement on the British Steel Pension Scheme
- PPF statement on the British Steel Pension Scheme
- PPF supports struggling levy payers with payment extension
- PPF to significantly reduce levy as funding strategy review concludes
- PPF well placed to run a Public Sector Consolidator
- PPF will ‘go-live’ with Dun & Bradstreet insolvency risk scores in April
- PPF withstands market shocks in 2019/20
- PPF-run consolidator needed to bolster DB endgame options; New fund could unlock c.£10 billion in UK investment
- Progress on ESG risk disclosure, voting and climate focus
- Reminder: Only one week left to apply to the Financial Assistance Scheme
- Revised Actuarial Factors
- S143 Consultation September 2016
- Sara Protheroe awarded coveted OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
- Shalin Bhagwan has joined the PPF as Chief Actuary
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- The Pension Protection Fund reports strong position in Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16
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- The PPF Purple Book reveals significant risk in the defined benefit universe
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- The Purple Book 2022 published today
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- The Purple Book reveals stable trends in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes despite challenging landscape
- The Purple Book shows stability in strong defined benefit pension scheme funding
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- Two pension funds acquire New Zealand forestry asset from Sinotrans
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