Pensions Regulator maintains stance on defined-benefits funding

In its first annual financial funding statement, the Pensions Regulator sets out its views on the approaches to the valuation process that it considers acceptable in the current economic environment. We examine the regulator's statement, together with first reactions to it. 

• Pensions Regulator maintains stance on defined-benefits funding It seeks to reassure schemes that there is sufficient flexibility within the system to cope with current uncertainties in financial markets. 

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