Ditching DB indexation is too little too late

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Scrapping indexation could save defined benefit schemes billions of pounds but it would not see a mass move back to DB provision, experts have warned.

Pensions minister Steve Webb signalled last week the government is considering removing compulsory indexation in an effort to "swing the pendulum" back toward DB. Aon Hewitt principal Lynda Whit...

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