Category Archives: Dashboard

Dashboard? – we’re dash-less and bored!

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

  The title was my summation of a discussion of dashboard progress over the past four years. We’d been talking about what the general public want and had landed on precisely the model illustrated at the top of the blog. … Continue reading →

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Buy and Suppress the pensions dashboard

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

I designed, launched and sold the first – and still only – Norwegian pension dashboard some 15 yrs ago.  “norskpensjon.no” is the pension dashboard service that the Norwegian pension providers, after we gained traction with it, insisted that they should … Continue reading →

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Pension dashboard stitch-up exposed!

Posted on February 16, 2019 by

I find myself the horns of a dilemma. I violently disagree with the ABI, Origo and at least two of the big master trusts. In particular I disagree with People’s Pension, who normally I agree with and Gregg McClymont- one … Continue reading →

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Railways and dashboards have a lot in common!

Posted on December 23, 2018 by

  Yesterday I wrote about the importance of delivering a dashboard competitively. To sum my argument up, I think that those prepared to supply the technology needed to find people’s pensions should not compete for the work through a Government … Continue reading →

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Your pension – your rights!

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

Governance is an interesting word. governance /ˈɡʌv(ə)nəns/ noun the action or manner of governing a state, organization, etc. “a more responsive system of governance will be required” ARCHAIC rule; control. “what, shall King Henry be a pupil still, under the … Continue reading →

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“ No man cometh unto the dashboard, but by me”.

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

This is the vision of the dashboard we sign up to – if we accept the Government consultation An alarming diagram that shows how a single pension finder would control all data on the dashboard pic.twitter.com/qIo3muL6cn — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) … Continue reading →

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“Deliver me a world without work”!

Posted on December 18, 2018 by

In almost every conversation I have had about the purpose of a pension dashboard, up comes the word “engagement”. Engagement has become the horse to the savings cart, “you can’t expect people to save more unless you’ve engaged them with … Continue reading →

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Finding our pensions

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

  In a vigorous debate at DWP HQ, two quite different approaches to finding pensions emerged. This blog helps people to understand what the debate is about and why it matters to everyone. It matters because there is some £20bn. … Continue reading →

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The fight for proper dashboards is just beginning.

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

  The collective intake of breath that greeted the eventual publication of the Government’s feasibility study and consultation paper was palpable. Now – a week on – perhaps we can stop congratulating each other and get on with delivering a … Continue reading →

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Pension Dashboards – time to respond!

Posted on December 9, 2018 by

At a recent PPI seminar, Laurie Edmans reminded us that he had been responsible for helping Government nearly deliver combined pension forecasts in 2004 – nearly 15 years ago. I wrote to Laurie thanking him for chairing an excellent event … Continue reading →

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