Monthly Archives: December 2020
“In pensions we trust” – when our data is trusty!
Yesterday I talked about how we can performance analysis of individual pension pots to sense check the quality of data. The idea is to make sure that once contributions reach the pension provider, they are properly recorded and people can … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Treasury, trustee, workplace pensions
Tagged big-data, Centrica, Data, Pensions, Power, Transparency, trust
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A breakthrough in measuring the quality of DC scheme data.
One of the critical issues facing Government in establishing a pensions dashboard is “data readiness”. Currently it is in a relatively weak position to argue that schemes are or aren’t dashboard ready, since it has no way either to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Dashboard, dc pensions, digital
Tagged advice, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, Dashboard, Data, DWP, Government, pension
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Pensions are stranded off-line; this must change!
Alistair “@HelloMcQueen “McQueen has the knack of finding insights where others fail to look. Here he is showing us how our behavior has changed radically as a result of a little spikey ball that none but scientists has seen and … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Dashboard, dc pensions
Tagged Dashboard, lost pots, PDP, Pension Dashboard
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Natural selection is one thing, wilful destruction another- thoughts on Arcadia
It will come as little comfort to the 13,000 staff who work for Arcadia, but the threat to their current income and future pension is not from scandalous behavior on behalf of Philip Green and his wife. They have played … Continue reading
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Let’s start the run up to Christmas with compassion
Many will recognise Anita Boniface as a financial journalist but she is also involved with the Prison Fellowship, a charity that gives hope to prisoners when they need it. We know of Crisis at Christmas, but for those in prison, … Continue reading
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Bosses – the dashboard is not about you – it’s about us!
More than four in five employers oppose the implementation of multiple pensions dashboards and any that do not include state pensions, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) says. The ACA found 82% of employer respondents were against the dual … Continue reading
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