MAPS

Jon Dean looks at whether the AE system can be adapted to meet low earners’ needs and lower financial resilience.

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.

The dashboard is reliant on all schemes having data readily available, but this is not yet the case for many DB schemes. Paul McGlone says this is a challenge the industry must work to overcome

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cancelled a planned rise to the general levy amid the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

No long-term decision has yet been made on who will run the pensions dashboard once it has been built, according to Pensions Dashboard Industry Delivery group principal Chris Curry.

The Work and Pensions Committee is due to question the senior leadership of the Money and Pensions Service (Maps) on the progress made in developing the pensions dashboard.

Caroline Siarkiewicz has been appointed as chief executive of the Money and Pensions Service (Maps) after seven months in the position on a temporary basis.

Pension Wise saw a 49% increase in customers arranging appointments with the service over the course of 2018/2019.

Lessons must be learned from open banking in order to make the pensions dashboard a success for the modern saver, says Darren Philp.

Pension providers must now be proactive and prepare their data in order to be ready for the pensions dashboard, Guy Opperman has warned.