Tag Archives: Pension Dashboard

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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Easing pressure on pension dashboard delivery.

Posted on March 3, 2021 by henry tapper

The next stage of the Pension Dashboard Programme’s consultation into the delivery of the dashboard has arrived and it is the first since the mandating of the dashboard by the Pension Schemes Act. Sadly , we continue much as we … Continue reading →

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Keeping the dashboard simple – is the DWP’s biggest challenge

Posted on January 11, 2021 by henry tapper

    Steve Webb has urged the DWP to give pension funds a stronger steer on dashboard data. I suspect that he is worrying too much about the detail and missing the bigger picture, we really need to get on … Continue reading →

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The Pensions Dashboard – Get ready

Posted on December 15, 2020 by henry tapper

The Pensions Dashboard took an early step towards availability today with the publication of its data standard. This is more an expression of what the dashboard won’t do than what it will. What it will do day one is “find … Continue reading →

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Bigger Pots and Bigger Pensions through Open Finance

Posted on December 9, 2020 by henry tapper

‘Breaking Banks: A blueprint for Open Finance that puts customers first’ puts forward a series of recommendations to help create a functional Open Finance ecosystem in a post-Brexit economy. Within the report, COADEC calls for the UK government to break … Continue reading →

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