Schemes pay 12% cost to guarantee indexation

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Guaranteeing indexation has increased the cost of providing defined benefit pensions by 12% over the past 20 years, according to Pension Corporation research.

Steve Webb has signalled that the government is considering scrapping compulsory indexation for defined benefit schemes in an effort to "swing the pendulum" back towards DB provision. Pension Co...

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