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Pensions dashboard data standards published; Opperman urges providers to prepare data
The Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) has published key data standards which will underpin the initial technology used to allow savers to view their pensions.
Timeline for pensions dashboards announced - Data standards due in December but consumer offering not available until at least 2023
The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has published its second progress update report – setting out a timeline for the development of the project.
Industry pushes for AE intervention so members don't squander pension pot
The pensions industry must personalise interventions and auto-enrolment (AE) conversations to prevent members from squandering their pots at retirement age, according to industry experts.
Schemes face 'multi-million pound' dashboard compliance bill
Pensions schemes will face significant additional working costs reaching into the millions of pounds to prepare their data for the pensions dashboard, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
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Five stories you may have missed this week
This week’s top stories included an announcement from The Pensions Regulator at PP Live which confirmed a consultation on changes to its code of practice will open this year, while the Pension Protection Fund revealed a small improvement in defined benefit...
Guy Opperman, Charles Counsell and Margaret Snowdon among headliners at next week's PP Live
Over 500 people are now registered to attend Professional Pensions Live - the industry’s largest virtual conference & exhibition.
Maps begins market engagement project with pensions dashboard suppliers
The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) has started a six-week period of informal market engagement with potential suppliers of the digital architecture for the pensions dashboards.
Where now for the pensions dashboard?
Enormous amounts of work are still required in order to deliver the pensions dashboard. Ros Altmann looks at the issues involved and urges politicians not to abandon the idea of an independent public dashboard.
Maps flags Covid-19 implications for pensions dashboard launch
The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) has published its first full report on progress on the pensions dashboard so far and has flagged “significant” delivery challenges in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lessons for policy change
Auto-enrolment reforms have transformed the UK’s pension system. Nick Reeve looks at latest research examining the lessons to be learned from the process.
Spend money on data to make dashboard beneficial, says industry
The industry needs to spend a significant amount of money on data and administration to make the dashboard worthwhile, according to pension professionals.
MAPS establishes steering group with ten members to take dashboards forward
The Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has made ten appointments across the pensions and wider financial sector to work on the practicalities of establishing pensions dashboards.
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Professional Pensions is holding its defined contribution (DC) conference on 4 September.
Minimum AE contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030
Auto-enrolment (AE) minimum contribution rates could rise to 12% by 2030, with a 50/50 split between employer and employee, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) says.
Chris Curry appointed as dashboard delivery group principal
The Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has appointed Chris Curry as principal of the Pensions Dashboard Industry Delivery Group.
PPI appoints seven governors
The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has appointed seven further governors to join over 100 already in post.
UUK appoints three to USS joint expert panel
Universities UK (UUK) has appointed Ronnie Bowie, Sally Bridgeland and Chris Curry to the Universities Superannuation Scheme's (USS) joint expert panel, to examine the valuation of the USS.
What's next for auto-enrolment?
Phasing has arrived with auto-enrolment contributions rising from 2% to 5% for millions of pension savers. As we wait to see what happens as a result, James Phillips asks what's next.
AE review: Lower earnings limit scrapped and 18-year-olds eligible from mid-2020s
The government has set out plans to scrap the auto-enrolment (AE) lower earnings limit and extend the programme to 18-year-olds, but not until the mid-2020s.
AE review: Five things to watch out for
Ahead of the results of the automatic enrolment (AE) review, PP looks at what could come up.
What the AE review chairmen are thinking about
The three chairmen of the DWP's review of AE explain their key thinking around the future of the flagship programme. James Phillips reports
Field: AE review is missed opportunity for rate hikes
The government has blundered by failing to include rate hikes past 8% in its forthcoming review of automatic enrolment (AE), Frank Field has said.
Three industry experts to lead AE review advisory board
The government has announced that Ruston Smith, Jamie Jenkins and Chris Curry will chair the external advisory board for this year's review of auto-enrolment (AE).
