Tag Archives: Dashboard

Should Government play “fantasy pensions”?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

  What should we make of reports in the Daily Telegraph that our Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, is meeting with pension experts to consider a system where a workplace pension could follow the employee, rather than employees joining new plans … Continue reading →

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“Pentech” needs to lead or the dashboard won’t work

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

  The dichotomy between old and new skool pensions has rarely been so well displayed as at Wednesday’s Pension Dashboard Summit Enterprise v Start -up Consumer led v business case Big Government v entrepreneurs ABI v open banking Saving v Spending Prospective v … Continue reading →

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#pensionsdashboardsummit – it could be feisty!

Posted on September 26, 2018 by

  I’ll be off on a Boris Bike to Marble Arch in a moment to the Pension Dashboard Summit at the Arum Hotel. From the opening session , which pitches Chris Sier together with L&G supremo Chris Clarke, this looks … Continue reading →

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A brief history of pension dashboards! Thx. to Richard Smith

Posted on September 9, 2018 by

Thanks to Richard Smith for this! Richard’s views are not quite mine (I’m not a compulsionista or a single dashboard man!). Nevertheless  this info graphic is really helpful as it reminds us of the difficulty the Government has in keeping … Continue reading →

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What’s Hillsborough got to do with it? WPC, pensions and Transparency

Posted on September 6, 2018 by

This was the question on the lips of several members of the public gallery as they left the Work and Pensions Select Committee evidence session which you can watch here . If you have an FT subscription you can read … Continue reading →

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A pension dashboard for all?

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

I agree with Anthony Rafferty , CEO of Origo, that the dashboard isn’t just for those drawing to the close of their working (and saving) career. Rafferty writes in Professional Pensions Rafferty points out that to argue against dashboard, based … Continue reading →

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How can savers be encouraged to engage with their savings?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

  This is the 4th of eight blogs considering the questions put to us by the Work and Pensions Select Committee. Today’s exam question… How can savers be encouraged to engage with their savings? Quick answer; either we can convince … Continue reading →

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Putting the dashboard in room 101!

Posted on July 26, 2018 by

Ok it was only a bit of fun. Chris Curry of the Pension Policy Institute suggested we put the Pensions Minister in Room 101; Robert Ellison, wearing the scars of Carillion, suggested the DWP put the Pensions Regulator in Room 101 and … Continue reading →

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Ros Altmann’s right about dashboards.

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

It’s good to see Ros Altmann contributing to the debate on the pension dashboard – it’s particularly good that she chose to do so on this blog. (comments). For those who don’t press links – here’s what she has to … Continue reading →

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Isn’t the “dashboard” already obsolete?

Posted on July 22, 2018 by

If you follow pension news stories, you’ll know that the Work and Pensions Secretary has been anything but enthusiastic about her department’s commitment to produce a pension dashboard by 2019. The Government first proposed it could it help in 2016 … Continue reading →

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