Dashboards news archive – Page 12
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Pension provider calls for legal duty to be placed on dashboard operators
An auto-enrolment pension provider is calling on the government for a legal duty to be placed on pensions dashboard operators to put consumer interests first, as a new report warns they could be put at risk without it.
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PodcastsPodcast: Next steps for the pensions dashboard project
Podcast: Earlier this month, the Department for Work and Pensions published its long-awaited feasibility report and consultation on how the industry can create online pensions dashboards. What does the industry make of the study? And how much progress is needed to make the project a success? In this episode, Girish Menezes, board director at the Pensions Administration Standards Association, and Anthony Rafferty, managing director of fintech company Origo, discuss compulsion, dashboard governance and data.
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Opinion
Will poor data standards hinder dashboard success?
Fresh from launching a feasibility study for the pension dashboards project, Guy Opperman is in no mood to put up with poor data at the UK’s pension schemes.
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NewsDWP eyes scheme dashboard compulsion within 4 years
Occupational pension schemes may be expected to provide member data to pensions dashboard services or face regulatory punishments within the next four years, according to a feasibility study by the Department of Work and Pensions.
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OpinionIndustry must innovate to build on pension comms progress
Analysis: The government used this year’s Autumn Budget to commit £5m to getting the pensions dashboard off the ground.
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Opinion
DC Debate Q4: A pensions policy wishlist
After many years of tinkering, many in the pensions industry pray for no news and stability in the Department for Work and Pensions' policy announcements. But what changes could benefit savers, rather than the taxman? Five defined contribution experts discuss.
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Opinion
DC Debate Q4: AE changes to protect the needy
Five defined contribution experts discuss whether the government should raise minimum contribution levels further than currently planned, and how to help low earners and the self-employed.
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OpinionBetter guidance means better retirement decisions
The choices available to savers at retirement have undergone profound changes in recent years. Most agree that giving people access to their own money is a sensible policy, but in doing so we have placed a burden on ordinary people, asking them to make huge decisions that could changes their lives forever.
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How far away is the pensions dashboard from becoming a reality?
A complete and up-and-running pensions dashboard could be years away, according to experts, as implementation and credibility concerns come to the fore.
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OpinionDelayed dashboard the answer to UK’s small pots problem
Auto-enrolment means every job now comes with a pension. It also means the UK’s existing small pension pots problem is significant and set to grow.
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NewsHammond’s Budget looks to unlock DC savings for patient capital
The government is to consult next year on whether the charge cap for defined contribution default funds should be changed to unlock greater investment in patient capital, as part of a Budget with significant implications for DC savers.
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NewsOpperman aims for bumper summer pensions bill
The minister for pensions and financial inclusion, Guy Opperman, has stated his intention to deliver a “very substantial” bill addressing multiple areas of pensions regulation in the summer of 2019.
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UK lost pension pots could be worth £20bn
On the go: An estimated 1.6m pension pots worth almost £20bn are lost and could remain unclaimed without government intervention, according to research conducted on behalf of the Association of British Insurers.
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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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OpinionLooking ahead for pensions
As MPs return to Westminster after party conference season, my focus is on advancing the government’s agenda to protect and empower savers, and expand saving.
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OpinionPensions at the party political conferences
Scanning the programmes of the main political party conferences this autumn, one thing was plain to see: there was a clear lack of pensions or savings policy.
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OpinionMastertrust sector still concerned about new regime
The emergence of mastertrusts, providing retirement savings for millions of members across a range of employers, has transformed the pensions industry, and governing these schemes clearly entails a role of onerous responsibility.
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OpinionSecurity and accuracy: the pillars of dashboard success
From the blog: The government has called on the industry to develop a pensions dashboard before the end of 2019.
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News
Government hands industry reins on dashboard project
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has said she "backs the industry" to deliver the pensions dashboard, but key details including whether the government will compel schemes to submit information remain unclear.