Changes resulting from new bridging pension regulations

The Pension Protection Fund has today issued a new version of the section 179 valuation guidance.  The new guidance takes account of the regulations which came into force on 24th February 2018 in relation to step-down pensions.  This new version of the guidance should be used for valuations with an effective date on or after 6 April 2018.  New factors have also been issued to convert step-down pensions to be converted to a lifetime equivalent pension so that they can be compared against the compensation cap. We do not propose making any changes to the S143 guidance at the current time.

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