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Tag Archives: Technology
Pension Providers – Is spending on technology an investment choice?
I ask the question in the title because an assertion was made at last night’s Pensions Network Session that pension providers had a choice as to whether to be dashboard ready or not. This is currently the case. … Continue reading
Four ways for financial advisers to open for change
The self-referencing loop Caught in a self-referencing loop, the debate about how financial advice can involve seems doomed to repeat itself indefinitely. Last night I listened to four experts (who weren’t practicing financial advisers) discuss for 90 minutes how financial … Continue reading
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Tagged Financial Technology, Martyn Lewis, open finance, open money, Technology
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What of the Government’s measures to help start-ups?
At the start of the month I supported Brent Hoberman of Founder’s Factory in his appeal to the Government to help start-ups survive. As a result of this I was asked to write a further article outlining how AgeWage could … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions, Technology, Treasury
Tagged Future Fund, Innovate UK, start-ups, Technology, Treasury
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A dashboard of everything?
Is the Pandemic- a regulatory challenge or opportunity? More than 30 consumer protection measures in the UK have been put on hold since COVID outbreak. Regulators need to guard against lobbying to make these interim measures permanent. https://t.co/5lbFgbVXYF — Josephine … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Dashboard, de-risking, pensions
Tagged Cornoavirus, COVID19, Dashboard, dashboard of everything, FCA, ft, jo cumbo, Technology, TPR
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“State of the Pension” address
After doing a 30 minute address to to CIPP in 10 minutes, I’ve been called back to do another one – only this time I’m first on – which means I could gab on for ages and make sure no … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Martin Lewis, Payroll, pensions
Tagged CIPP, Investment, Payroll, pensions, Tax, Technology
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“Pentech” lessons from Japan
Last year’s stories about Japanese pensioner’s focussed on their propensity to shoplift , get caught and end up in jail (which they favoured over living solitary lives at home). This blog looks at the problems of financial exclusion … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Exclusion, financial inlusion, Japan, pensions, Pentech, shop-lifting, Technology
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NEST, technology and personalisation
I really admire this Rowlands chap. I’ve know him for the best part of 30 years and in all that time he has never been anything but a gent. He’s now a Director at NEST and I urge you to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, dc pensions, DWP, FCA, Financial Education, NEST, pensions
Tagged Engagement, Mark Rowlands, NEST, pension, pensions, Technology
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Why the door’s slammed shut on open pensions.
During the week, AgeWage was invited to compete in the Nesta Open Up Challenge. Nesta is funded by the UK lottery – they are an agency of change sponsored by the likes of you and me; As any entrepreneurial start-up … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Start ups, Technology
Tagged BEIS, DWP, HMT, Innovation, Nesta, Origo, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Technology
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Buy and Suppress the pensions dashboard
I designed, launched and sold the first – and still only – Norwegian pension dashboard some 15 yrs ago. “norskpensjon.no” is the pension dashboard service that the Norwegian pension providers, after we gained traction with it, insisted that they should … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Asmund Paulsen, Dashboard, internet, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Technology
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The only solution to the net-pay pension problem comes from HMRC
Last Thursday, there was another meeting of the group of us, determined to keep up pressure to sort the problem of net-pay pension contributions this side of auto-enrolment’s next big phasing hike in April. Just to rehearse the problem, … Continue reading
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Tagged auto-enroment, HMRC, net-pay, pensions, Tax, Technology
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