Girish Menezes
OpinionThe great pensions dashboard reset
The pensions dashboards project is an ambitious attempt to enable savers to be able to find all of the schemes of which they are a member.
OpinionProtecting pensions against pandemic-enhanced cyber criminals
There are three major risks in relation to protecting pensions data, though the pandemic has given a massive boost to cyber criminals who know how to exploit these risks.
OpinionAre we pension Luddites?
A recent industry survey on member self-service and pensions technology had to be withdrawn.
OpinionThe new normal: should pension firms return to the office?
Four months of remote working and the pensions industry is planning for the new normal. Questions are being asked up and down the corridors of power. When will our employees get back to office? How will we ensure social distancing? What do we do about real estate utilisation when employee density may have to be reduced?
OpinionPensions technology hampered by underinvestment in data
Technology is part of our day-to-day lives. We shop and bank online, receive our Amazon deliveries by drone, our children are signing up to challenger banks like Monzo via apps and many of us book our travel through our phones and online services. Comparatively, pensions administration remains steadfastly behind the curve.
OpinionGarbage in, garbage out
Trustees are usually pretty reasonable in their requests to administrators: They want the right benefits paid to the right person at the right time. That is not too much to ask, is it?
OpinionTo transition or not to transition, that is the question
If your relationship with your pension administrator is on the rocks, there are several things you should consider.
OpinionSelf-driving pensions are worth our consideration
My 17-year-old daughter is writing an essay on whether human rights should be extended to robots – not as ridiculous a question as it may first appear.
OpinionFire, fury and GDPR
From the blog: Hell hath no fury like a lawyer or auditor scorned. The General Data Protection Regulation has unfortunately put the pensions industry in that dangerous position where we have to run a gauntlet, deciding how seriously to take the dire warnings of these two professional communities.
OpinionCan DC survive these four key challenges?
Continual changes have shaped the pensions landscape over the past year, and brought with them a wave of new risks and challenges.
OpinionNo wheel-spinning Lamborghinis just yet
From the blog: Here we are in the new era of pension flexibilities and I can’t help but be surprised at the number of Lamborghinis still listed in the classifieds.