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A pension dashboard prototype will be launched by March 2017. Jonathan Stapleton and Helen Morrissey find out what the project is all about.

The government has announced a pensions dashboard will be launched by March next year. But, as Jonathan Stapleton says, the prototype version will have significant limitations and will need to overcome a range of hurdles.

A pension dashboard prototype will be launched by 11 providers next spring, the Treasury has said.

Standard Life's defined contribution (DC) master trust has joined the Pensions Regulator's (TPR) official master trust assurance list.

The biggest stories on PP this week include an ombudsman ruling in favour of Standard Life and a PP survey revealing the industry does not think climate change is a financially material risk.

The Pension Ombudsman (PO) has cleared Standard Life of misleading a customer about the value of his retirement pot, after he accidentally exceeded his lifetime allowance.

Lack of consistency across defined contribution (DC) default funds may result in larger numbers of members opting out, Punter Southall Aspire has warned.

Failure to find an agreed definition of the ‘value for money’concept means trustees and providers are unable to provide schemes in the best interests of all members, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).

Standard Life has acquired platform Axa Elevate while Axa UK confirmed plans to sell off its Wealth business.

Peter Kane has been appointed as principal in Mercer's Glasgow office to help grow its business in Scotland and Northern Ireland.