Tag Archives: Provider

The pensions dashboard needs more urgency

Posted on May 28, 2021 by henry tapper

If there is one pension policy initiative that has grabbed popular support, it is the delivery of pension dashboards. In 2018 we nearly lost the dashboard and it took till earlier this year to get legislation in place meaning we … Continue reading →

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“Financial strength” – customers will be the judge.

Posted on April 24, 2020 by henry tapper

  One of the most important functions of  pension providers is to ensure that service levels are maintained through the current crisis. It is a severe test, this time the consequences of failure are not theoretical, if service levels fall … Continue reading →

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The IGCs must not slip into the pocket of their provider

Posted on December 2, 2016 by henry tapper

I hear worrying reports of various IGCs meeting and pronouncing their tasks “too hard”. Phrases such as “I don’t know how this would play with my provider” have no place in an IGC’s lexicon but they are reported as littering these … Continue reading →

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The Pensions Regulator gives IGCs a new row of teeth.

Posted on April 27, 2016 by henry tapper

  It’s not enough- not nearly enough – but at last the Pensions Regulator’s beginning to take workplace pensions seriously enough to offer something close to a decent choice for employers staging auto-enrolment. Yesterday , Andrew Warwick-Thompson, head of policy … Continue reading →

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Time for payroll to take on pension management?

Posted on March 16, 2015 by henry tapper

When I look into my crystal ball, I see three changes to the way that pensions are going to be managed within companies going forward. The old high maintenance approach will fall away as pension providers streamline their processes and … Continue reading →

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Tiny steps towards better DC outcomes- #CASummit14

Posted on October 11, 2014 by henry tapper

Having spent 36 hours in the company of Life Co “strategists” and their counterparts in the IFA and EBC communities, I can now try and make sense of where “heads are at”. The mood has changed. Two years ago, the … Continue reading →

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