Tag Archives: Pension Dashboard

LCP finds partners to auto-cleanse pensions data

Posted on March 23, 2023 by henry tapper

LCP has clubbed up with Transunion, the credit checker and Digidentity the digital identity verifier to work out better ways to get scheme data ready for buy-out and/or display on pension dashboards. It is also pretty important in paying them! … Continue reading →

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The pension dashboard needs more than a reset – it needs a rethink.

Posted on March 3, 2023 by henry tapper

The dashboard is being delayed again. Team PDP is already four years late getting the pension dashboard  crossing the line but our grand-prix racecar is in the best of hands –  even with that retro-refuelling pipe! It was originally intended … Continue reading →

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How can we “engage” with pensions we know nothing about?

Posted on February 24, 2023 by henry tapper

News on the delivery of the pensions dashboard is not good. The vibes I am getting from the PLSA and others is that the period of testing to ensure that data is delivered accurately (dashboard beta) is likely to be … Continue reading →

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What are the barriers to providing a pension dashboard service?

Posted on December 13, 2022 by henry tapper

    The organisation behind a pension dashboard (officially a Pension Dashboard Service firm or PDS) is usually considered to be a bank or insurer. The dashboard itself is conceived as a loss-leader designed to get trust – its a … Continue reading →

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Pension Dashboards and the new Consumer Duty

Posted on September 16, 2022 by henry tapper

It’s already a commonplace  that the Consumer Duty shifts the obligation on those providing financial services  from “treating a customer fairly to treating that customer well“. The Pension Dashboards set out to provide a good customer experience, they will be … Continue reading →

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Combining pensions – what are Dan and Steve really up to?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by henry tapper

  Dan Mikulskis and Steve Webb have teamed up to write a paper aimed at people considering combining their pension pots. They are writing for the kind of sophisticated consumer who knows their way around pensions and is thinking of … Continue reading →

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Searching for pensions? Beware of false flags

Posted on April 10, 2022 by henry tapper

Anything by Paul Mcglone is a top read on pensions. Paul has an understanding for big data, the power of using it right and the dangers of getting it wrong. Here is an outstanding article that explains why Chris Curry … Continue reading →

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Ian McKenna’s dashboard rant gets a huge “like”

Posted on March 20, 2022 by henry tapper

I didn’t realise I had as much in common with Ian McKenna  – nearly 5,000 linked in connections it seems! Those bonds were cemented yesterday when Ian posted this great comment on my blog on pension dashboards. Ian McKenna Winner … 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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Time for a Pension Dashboard Tsar?

Posted on October 18, 2021 by henry tapper

    When will we get these pension dashboards? The simple answer is “not before 2024”, the complex answer is in the Pension Dashboard Programme’s timeline . The problem of delivery is of course that the dashboard has to cater … Continue reading →

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