All Pensions dashboards articles – Page 15
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OpinionWhat the pensions industry can do to reach technology utopia
The pensions industry lags behind other sectors in terms of technology. However, over time schemes and providers can expect rapid improvements and frequent change, provided that the industry adopts an outward-looking approach to IT, says Ben Cocks, founding director of Altus Business Systems.
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OpinionLooking ahead for pensions
Helping individuals engage with their pensions more easily will help the industry attract new savers, ensuring even more people are preparing for later life, says Guy Opperman, minister for pensions and financial inclusion.
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OpinionPensions at the party political conferences
Aegon’s Kate Smith explores the pensions policies hidden in the three main parties’ agendas, and explains why Brexit pressures mean few of them are likely to see the light of day.
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OpinionMastertrust sector still concerned about new regime
The Pensions Management Institute’s working group on mastertrusts has revealed that while the industry welcomes authorisation with open arms, particpants remain unclear on what form the new regulatory regime will take, writes PMI president Lesley Carline.
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OpinionSecurity and accuracy: the pillars of dashboard success
From the blog: The government has called on the industry to develop a pensions dashboard before the end of 2019.
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Government hands industry reins on dashboard project
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has said she "backs the industry" to deliver the pensions dashboard, but key details including whether the government will compel schemes to submit information remain unclear.
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DWP restates commitment to industry-led dashboard
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has said she "backs the industry" to deliver the pensions dashboard, but key details including whether the government will compel schemes to submit information remain unclear.
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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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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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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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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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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.