All Origo articles

  • News on the go
    News

    NFU Mutual leads on transfer times while B&CE lags

    2022-04-25T00:00:00Z

    On the go: NFU Mutual recorded the leading score on Origo’s Transfer Index for the second quarter of 2022.

  • Opinion

    Reducing business risk from data breaches

    2020-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Cyber crime is now a major threat to the pensions and savings industry, with growing incidences of data breaches being reported in the press.

  • News

    Govt greenlights dashboards but timetable questioned

    2019-04-05T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Pension schemes will be allowed up to four years to submit data to the pensions dashboard, sparking concerns that services appearing later this year will not be comprehensive.

  • Podcasts

    Podcast: Next steps for the pensions dashboard project

    2018-12-11T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    How open banking can help pensions

    2018-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The pensions industry is on the cusp of its own 'open banking'-style revolution in the way that consumers interact with their finances and manage their pensions, according to experts.

  • News

    Pension transfer values rise once more

    2018-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Year-on-year pension transfer values have grown for the third year in a row, according to research by not-for-profit fintech company Origo.

  • News

    Calls for action on complexity at heart of DB transfer delays

    2017-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Increased demand for defined benefit pension transfers, lack of transfer experience among independent financial advisers and complexity of DB pensions is adding to transfer delays by putting strain on administrator resources, recent research has shown.

  • Opinion

    Dawn of the dashboards?

    2017-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: The pensions dashboard will, it is hoped, change the way people look at their pension in more than the literal sense.

  • Paul Pettitt
    Opinion

    The dashboard is coming

    2017-03-23T00:00:00Z

    From the blog: In the final month of work on the pensions dashboard prototype, where all parties involved in the project align their areas of input, we begin the tests and demonstrations with various stakeholders, including government ministers.

  • Opinion

    Dashboard, dashboard on the wall...

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: I won’t mention the Department for Work and Pensions, the new cabinet or Ros Altmann, although there would be plenty to say about them. You can read it here.

  • Features

    Secondhand annuity market takes shape but risk of poor deals looms

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Analysis: The government has confirmed it will soften the tax hit for those looking to take advantage of the secondary annuity market, but some experts are concerned the financial services industry holds all the cards in getting the best deal.

  • News

    Pension dashboard could 'fail in its objective'

    2015-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Pension dashboards enabling savers to view their retirement assets in one place are set to become a reality, but commentators have questioned how they will be funded and some fear they could do “more harm than good”.