Dashboards news archive – Page 15
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OpinionGuidance will have to replace advice for low earners
Independent financial advice is simply not an option for many lower earners striving for a comfortable retirement, so key changes are needed to upgrade the quality of guidance, says Charles McCready of the Tax Incentivised Savings Association.
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News
ABI expresses concerns over dashboard speculation
On the go: The Association of British Insurers has expressed concerns over the “threat to the pensions dashboard”, following speculation yesterday that secretary of state for work and pensions, Esther McVey, wants to kill off the project.
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Opinion
How would a lack of government support affect dashboard progress?
Analysis: Reactions to speculation that the secretary of state for work and pensions wants to scrap the pensions dashboard project have been unsurprisingly negative.
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News
Government rejects calls for default decumulation pathways
The government has rejected the Work and Pensions Committee’s recommendation for default decumulation pathways, but has agreed that there is a strong case for pensions dashboard compulsion.
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OpinionDashboard and AE improvements can cement Opperman’s legacy
It has been a busy first year for Guy Opperman, with some significant steps forward for auto-enrolment announced in last year’s review, the adoption of much-needed mastertrust and bulk transfers regulation, and the smooth roll-out of minimum contribution increases.
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OpinionSelf-driving pensions are worth our consideration
Artificial intelligence and other technologies are developing at breakneck speed, and many have pensions applications. It is time to explore the best practice in relation to these emerging technologies, says the Pensions Administration Standards Association’s Girish Menezes.
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Features
RLB tech engagement drive yields positive results
Quantity surveyor Rider Levett Bucknall has seen a marked increase in staff engagement with their pensions after it introduced an app for savers to view their pension savings and offered face-to-face meetings with experts.
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OpinionSchemes need not fear dashboard compulsion
The dashboard has received a recent boost, with responsibility for the project transferring to the Department for Work and Pensions and the pensions minister stating his enthusiastic commitment.
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OpinionDashboard: Timing, compulsion and engagement are crucial
From the blog: People have, on average, 11 different pension pots over the course of their lifetime, making it a near-impossible task to keep track of them.
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OpinionSupporting consumers and the industry
Following years of reform and bold new policy it is right that we now enter a period of stability and implementation, building on our success and consolidating support for consumers and the industry where it is needed.
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NewsOpperman discloses timetable until spring
PLSA Annual Conference 2017: Pensions minister Guy Opperman provided some clarity on timescales for the dashboard and progress on the creation of a single financial guidance body in a speech at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s annual conference.
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OpinionA busy pensions agenda
Editorial: News that the pensions dashboard will be taken forward by the Department for Work and Pensions has been welcomed by the pensions industry.
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OpinionDash for delivery
Editorial: The industry is in agreement that for the pensions dashboard to work, schemes need to be forced to provide their data.
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News
Timetable risks breaking dashboard consensus
The Association of British Insurers has called on government to legislate for schemes to provide their data to the pensions dashboard amid criticism a hasty delivery could leave the project failing consumers.
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OpinionWhat happened to the pension technology revolution?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: Improvements in pensions infrastructure will allow services we cannot even imagine at present, says Ben Cocks from Altus Business Systems.
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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
Bin or bring in – which laws are needed and which have to go?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: We asked five experts to nominate one law or regulation they would scrap, and another they would introduce. This is what they said.
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OpinionHow to get your scheme dashboard ready
Now is the time for schemes to start focusing on data quality to prepare for the pension dashboard, says Geraldine Brassett from the Pensions Administration Standards Association.
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NewsGauke calls for government and industry collaboration
In his first speech as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Gauke called for consensus and collaboration to ensure a positive future for pensions, but admitted that it will take time to address some of the more challenging policy issues, from pensions tax relief to extending auto-enrolment to the self-employed.
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NewsQueen's Speech omits pensions as focus is firmly on Brexit
After the intensity and frequency of debate and consultation on pension issues, the industry is left in limbo by the government’s legislative programme.