Deferred members hit by 20% fall in accrued benefits due to CPI switch

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Accrued benefits for deferred occupational scheme members will have plummeted 20% by retirement if schemes use Consumer Price Index inflation to uprate benefits, research finds.

The study by the Pensions Policy Institute said a worker who leaves an occupational scheme at age 40 would see a 20% fall in benefits at age 65 if benefits were increased by CPI rather than Retail ...

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