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Tag Archives: open pensions
Pension trade bodies vie for “tallest dwarf”.
On December 17th, the DWP reported on the findings of its small pots working group, the report was accompanied by press releases from the various participants in a competition to find the tallest dwarf. I am sorry to write ill … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, CMA, dwarf, DWP, open pensions, Pensions, PLSA, small pots, tallest dwarf
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Where’s best to build my retirement savings?
The flight to investment continues. Savers – Lord knows why – don’t appreciate rates of interest of less than 1%. When the talk turns to us paying banks to keep our money, thoughts turn to investment in real things- … Continue reading
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? The DB Funding Code: An Existential Threat to Open DB Scheme
We have been asked what impact the Funding Code would have on open schemes by a number of correspondents. This blog illustrates why the new funding code is the biggest risk that open scheme members face . Simply put, … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage
Tagged Con Keating, DB Funding Code, Dr Iain Clacher, open pensions, Pension Schemes Bill, Pensions
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Which comes first – the dashboard or the data?
I’m doing a call this morning with some pension strategy people , some from Fintech and some representing “old tech”. It’s a timely discussion as the Scottish National Party limbers up to put a spoke in the wheels of an … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Dashboard, dc pensions, de-risking, Technology
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, chicken, Dashboard, dc pensions, egg, open pensions, Pensions
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Do we need a pension dashboard , open pensions or both?
The title of this post is also the title of a session I am chairing at a forthcoming DG conference. I suggested the title and the organisers have asked me to explain myself – so here goes! I had long … Continue reading
A radically simple solution to dashboard delivery.
Pension Bee has produced two important papers in the past week. The first is its response to the FCA’s call for input on Open Finance The second is yesterday’s public call to action to bring open pensions as part of … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, AgeWage Pension Bee, DWP, FCA, open finance, Open Financee initiative, open pensions, Pension Bee, pensions
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Why pensions and dashboards, need to be open – Matt Burrell blogs.
I always thought the ABI needed some left field thinking on the pensions dashboard, and they’ve got it in Matt Burrell who has written a blog that’s argues that pension providers are best trusted to show us our pension data. … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Dashboard, pensions
Tagged Dashboard, Matthew Burrell, open pensions, Pension Dashboard
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Open pensions; – the opportunity …and the threat.
Darren Philp’s a passionate guy and you should read his piece in Professional Pensions on how we should allow the Pension Dashboard to be part of the open finance initiative. He even has a Mary Poppins moment Apps and aggregators, … Continue reading
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Tagged darren philp, Dashboards, Emma Douglas, Guy Opperman, open pensions, Pension Dashboard
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Finding our pensions
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
Posted in Dashboard, pensions
Tagged API, Dashboard, DWP, open pensions, Origo, Pension Bee, pensions
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Pension Dashboards – time to respond!
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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Tagged CMA, Dashboards, DWP, Guy Opperman, Open Banking, open pensions, pension, Pensions Minister
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