David Fairs, chair of the Pensions Administration Standards Association, explains why attitudes are changing towards admin and calls for trustees to shift focus from cost to service quality.
Taylor Brightwell-Smith joined the regulator this week from the Government Actuary’s Department to oversee TPR’s work on administration, pensions dashboards, and cybersecurity.
The UK’s biggest corporate defined benefit pension scheme has connected its 250,000 members to the pensions dashboards ecosystem, with just under a year to go until the government’s statutory connection deadline.
Launched this month, the first “low volume” testing phase for the dashboards will involve “non-pensions specialists” and will pave the way for higher-volume work next year.

The Department for Work and Pensions has set out a series of connection deadlines for pension schemes and providers depending on size and type. The deadlines are at the end of each month until 31 October 2026, by which point all eligible pension schemes should be connected.
Pensions UK Annual Conference: Data quality was once seen as an administrative afterthought but is now a strategic priority fundamental to every aspect of scheme management, delegates heard.
The ‘red, amber, green’ proposed approach to value for money in defined contribution (DC) pension schemes has performed poorly in a recent behavioural finance exercise commissioned by The People’s Partnership.
More than a third of pension schemes are bracing for a major surge in member activity once pensions dashboards launch, according to new research.
Schemes that fail to connect to the pensions dashboard system by 31 October next year could face regulatory action, the Pensions Regulator has warned.
The regulator has published a report based on 12 months of engagement with leading administrators and set out areas of strength and challenges that need addressing.
The Money and Pensions Service is advertising for a planning and campaign manager who will play a “pivotal role” in the promotion of pensions dashboards to the public.
The figure includes more than six million members administered by Capita, as the service provider becomes the latest to announce its connection.
As the Money and Pensions Service gears up to test its MoneyHelper pensions dashboard, Ellie Duncan explores how the industry can ensure that consumers get the most from this new service.