Tag Archives: MAPS

Pension Bee buzzes off MaPS’ investment pathway tool

Posted on February 28, 2022 by henry tapper

      There are three good reasons for personal pension providers offering unadvised drawdown to  participate in MaPS/ MoneyHelper’s “Investment pathway comparison tool”. It helps consumers make informed choices It is commercially advantageous Non-participation risks public censure. In a … Continue reading →

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Will these pension dashboards be worth the wait?

Posted on February 1, 2022 by henry tapper

This week, the Government published a paper on the regulations that will govern the delivery and running of pension dashboards. These should begin appearing in 2024 and will reach steady state some time before the end of this decade. In … Continue reading →

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A shameful shambles? The state pension needs help!

Posted on January 21, 2022 by henry tapper

This blog argues that the issues around the State Pension are both larger and more urgent than those with the accessing of private pensions. It argues that DWP’s limited state pension helpline resources should  be bolstered by MaPS staff who … Continue reading →

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The Money and Pensions Service is in a mess – and it needs to be told so.

Posted on September 23, 2021 by henry tapper

This session of the Work and Pension Committee’s taking of oral evidence was a game of two halves. In the first half, David Fairs and Sarah Pritchard had a reasoned debate with selected MPs on how people could expect to … Continue reading →

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How can employers choose workplace pensions and promote Money Helper?

Posted on May 29, 2021 by henry tapper

TPR and FCA’s call for input on  the pensions consumer journey goes a little off road in it’s eighth  section when it moves on to product decision making and specifically the choices employers make about the workplace pensions for their … Continue reading →

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Can we break down the barriers to our pensions?

Posted on May 27, 2021 by henry tapper

In recent blogs I have been responding to the FCA and TPR’s joint call for input on the standarisation of a pensions consumer journey. The journey is broken down into stages – the main stages of the pensions consumer journey … Continue reading →

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MaPS – this is not the way to buy investment pathways!

Posted on April 10, 2021 by henry tapper

I wonder how many of the 60,000 people who each month decide they want to “get at” their pension money, are finding their way to MaPS website set up for people to understand and compare their investment pathway options (for … Continue reading →

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MaPS faces up to the public as “Moneyhelper”

Posted on March 19, 2021 by henry tapper

Introducing MoneyHelper, our new consumer brand, launching from 7 June. Get ready for MoneyHelper using our responses to frequently asked questions, and follow Money and Pensions Service channels for more resources to support you to make the change. https://t.co/tscbcOYE61 pic.twitter.com/LXMHMThqXY … Continue reading →

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Pension Bee calls MaPS pathway tool “not fit for purpose”

Posted on March 11, 2021 by henry tapper

A few weeks back, the Money and Pension Service(MaPS) published a comparison site to help people choose an investment pathway and then decide the best products to use when they’ve made the choice. Confusingly , the URL for the site … Continue reading →

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MaPS’ green blind-spot tars good drawdown guidance!

Posted on February 3, 2021 by henry tapper

Following yesterday’s post on MaPS’ new service guiding people to pension options, I’ve seen quite a bit of feedback from providers, but no comment from consumers – it would be good if MaPS can report on the use of the … Continue reading →

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