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NewsTPR to issue fresh dashboards guidance in May
The Pensions Regulator will publish new guidance on pensions dashboards to support trustees and scheme managers in early May, it has revealed.
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NewsFirst dashboards service provider launches
On the go: Altus and ITM have joined forces to launch the first commercial pensions dashboards integrated service provider, which will provide technology to connect savers to their pensions.
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OpinionWhat the pensions industry can do to reach technology utopia
According to author Douglas Adams, “technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet”.
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OpinionSelect committee's new inquiry misses the point
From the blog: It is bizarre that the Work and Pensions Committee is questioning whether people understand the cost and value for money of their pension products when the Financial Conduct Authority has only just published research that answers their question.
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Features
Distributed trust: Blockchain transactions to become 'commonplace'
Analysis: It is a humble back office function, yet blockchain has everyone excited. So what does its arrival in securities trading change for pension fund investors?
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PASA selects members for Transfers Working Group
The Pensions Administration Standards Association has today announced the 23 members of its new Transfers Working Group, which aims to look closely at defined benefit transfer delays.
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From trees to manager fees: Top 5 investment stories from 2017
Year in review: Innovation characterised investment headlines in 2017, as schemes and members demanded more sophisticated approaches to pension investment.
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OpinionWhat happened to the pension technology revolution?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: Despite all the talk of artificial intelligence, robo-advice and real-time dashboards, the real-world online experience for most pension scheme members – if they have an online experience at all – is rudimentary at best.
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FeaturesBetter data flow could transform pensions, but will it?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: A yawning technology gap has long been identified in the sector, but many feel more than the dashboard is needed to drag pensions into the 21 century.
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Opinion
Could improved understanding revive the annuity?
Analysis: Many savers have been reluctant to purchase an annuity following the government’s introduction of freedom and choice in 2015, but should they be nudged to reconsider their options?
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NewsFCA final rule changes unlikely to help, experts say
The Financial Conduct Authority has published its final rules on requiring firms to provide an information prompt to consumers to improve shopping around in the annuity market, setting out a number of changes including an enhanced annuity warning.
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OpinionDawn of the dashboards?
Editorial: The pensions dashboard will, it is hoped, change the way people look at their pension in more than the literal sense.
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OpinionForget about robos and chatbots – a bigger tech wave is breaking
Forget about robos and chatbots – these are just the froth on the crest of a much bigger wave of technology change sweeping through financial services.
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Opinion
Pru exit doesn't signal death of annuities... yet
From the blog: Insurance giant Prudential is leaving the UK annuity market, but analysis of ‘at retirement’ product offerings show that guaranteed income still has a significant role in the post-freedom and choice savings world.
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How schemes can protect their members online
Trustees must be extra vigilant in their assessment of online platforms and review data-handling processes to protect members from the growing threat of cyber crime, experts have said.