All Pensions dashboards articles – Page 10
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NewsPASA launches dashboards data-matching guidance
On the go: The Pensions Administration and Standards Association has published guidance detailing how schemes must compare ‘find requests’ from pensions dashboard users against member records, with data quality determining the choice of approach taken.
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NewsFirst dashboards service provider launches
On the go: Altus and ITM have joined forces to launch the first commercial pensions dashboards integrated service provider, which will provide technology to connect savers to their pensions.
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NewsRegulatory burden prompts fears of trustee exodus
On the go: Three-quarters of employers fear the trustees of their pension schemes will consider resigning rather than face an “onslaught” of regulatory and legislative change, according to a survey from the Association of Consulting Actuaries.
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PodcastsPodcast: McCloud costs dispute could damage members’ morale
Podcast: The dispute between doctors, firefighters and the Treasury over who should bear the costs of the McCloud remedy could have implications beyond the directly affected schemes, damaging trust in pensions, and lowering member morale. Hymans Robertson partner Michael Ambery and Quietroom co-founder Mark Scantlebury discuss McCloud, the statements season and the evolution of member communications.
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OpinionWhat’s going on with the statements season?
Tim Gosling, head of policy at B&CE, provider of The People’s Pension, explains why it is imperative for the government to start a dialogue with the industry and savers about the new statements season.
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NewsThree-quarters of pension savers need more professional advice
On the go: Three-quarters of savers lack the confidence to manage their own pensions and need professional advice, according to a survey from NerdWallet.
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NewsOpperman not rushing CDC, defends statements season
Pensions minister Guy Opperman has confirmed there will be no regulations on multi-employer collective defined contribution schemes before the end of next year, set out targets for Pension Wise uptake, and become embroiled in a spat with former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb over the effectiveness of the proposed “statements season”.
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NewsMaps told to reform Pension Wise in govt-backed report
On the go: The Money and Pensions Service has been urged to look into how commercial companies could be used to deliver Pension Wise guidance as part of a government-backed report looking at how the organisation can be improved.
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NewsRegulators to push forward with preparations for dashboards
On the go: The Pensions Dashboards Programme has confirmed that its partner organisations, including the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator, are set to begin work on progressing the dashboards programme.
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NewsIndustry calls for more data clarity on pensions dashboards
The Pensions Dashboards Programme will launch new research into how data will be displayed, after concerns around the ability of schemes to supply estimated retirement income figures were raised by industry in a response to a call for input.
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NewsPensions Dashboards Programme seeks testing providers
On the go: The Pensions Dashboards Programme is inviting organisations that intend to provide a pensions dashboard to help test the development of the project’s ecosystem.
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NewsDashboards programme ‘on track’ amid industry concerns
The pensions dashboards project is expected to remain on track to meet its publicised timeline, the programme’s principal Chris Curry told a Work and Pensions Committee hearing on Wednesday, amid industry concerns that the existing timeline is not feasible.
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NewsStatements season could cause mayhem for admins, PASA warns
On the go: The creation of a statements season could cause “significant difficulties, additional and unnecessary costs, and adverse implications” for schemes and administrators if a route of a common valuation date is chosen, the Pensions Administration Standards Association has warned.
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NewsSPP warns dashboards figures will need to be illustrative
The Society of Pension Professionals has warned that pensions dashboards will have to provide illustrative figures to defined benefit members, as it will not be possible to have accurate quotations due to the complexity of current benefit structures.
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NewsDashboards programme appoints central digital architecture supplier
On the go: The Pensions Dashboards Programme has appointed Capgemini as the supplier of the project’s central technical architecture.
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NewsIndustry fears another missed dashboards deadline
On the go: The pensions industry doubts whether the pensions dashboards will be delivered on time, as more than three-quarters of respondents to a Pensions Management Institute survey said they thought the project would still not be operational by 2023.
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PodcastsPodcast: Market capacity may be barrier to DC scheme consolidation
Podcast: There may be limited capacity in the master trust market to take on a rush of defined contribution pension funds as the government continues with its consolidation push, according to Kim Gubler, chair of the Pensions Administration Standards Association, and David Saunders, senior partner elect at Sackers. In this episode, our panellists also discuss Aon and Willis Towers Watson’s abandoned merger, new developments in the pensions dashboards project and the regulator’s review of schemes eligible for the Fraud Compensation scheme.
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NewsPublic pension fund staging on dashboards could be set for delays
Administrative burdens from the McCloud/Sargeant judgments to remedy age discrimination could delay the staging of public pension funds onto dashboards and cause confusion for members.
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NewsIndustry bodies to set dashboards data matching standards
On the go: The Pensions Administration Standards Association will be working with the Pensions and Lifetime Saving Association and the Association of British Insurers to set up the standards for the pension dashboards data matching.
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NewsSeven providers sign up for dashboard test
On the go: Seven software providers, third party administrators and pension providers will be taking part in the first test of the pensions dashboard.