Key Facts

Pension Fund Investment and Scheme Funding
Pension fund assets 2006
Self-administered schemes’ assets 1965-2005
FTSE350 pension deficits
Value of employers’ contributions to self-administered schemes
DB schemes’ strategic asset allocation

Pension fund assets 2006

It is estimated that UK pension fund assets totalled almost £1.6 trillion at the end of 2006.

Source: Pension Fund Indicators 2006 , UBS Global Asset Management, June 2007, p73. The latest official ONS estimate puts that the combined value of self-administered schemes’ assets at £970 billion at the end of 2005.

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Assets in self-administered pension funds

Source: Calculated using ONS series RYIR and HM Treasury GDP deflators

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DB schemes’ strategic asset allocation

Source: NAPF Annual Survey 2006; data is weighted to reflect the value of assets under management in the schemes surveyed.

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Pension deficits

Source: Watson Wyatt Pension Deficit Index; data is for the end of the month shown

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Value of employers’ contributions to self-administered schemes

Source: ONS series RKST and YBHA

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