Margaret Snowdon

Trustees should take more interest in the development and use of biometrics the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) says.

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) will set up a mediation service to help schemes resolve issues when changing third-party administrator (TPA), PP can reveal.

Changing third-party administrators can cause all sorts of issues, including loss of data. Michael Klimes looks at examples of poor transitions and asks if it is a widespread problem

The government's proposals to clamp down on pensions cold calling are still lacking in detail and it needs to be much clearer about how they will be introduced, says the industry.

Michael Klimes explores how mentoring programmes can help create more diverse trustee boards

The industry should consider the creation of a pilot dashboard to test any problems before the real one goes live in 2019 says Margaret Snowdon.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is set to establish and lead an interim phase of the pensions dashboard project to ensure it does not lose 'momentum' during the election.

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) has appointed Kim Gubler to the newly created role of deputy chairwoman.

Data standards to be set on Wednesday

Conditional and common data scores will have to be included in scheme returns from next year. Michael Klimes looks at what trustees need to do and if TPR's requirement goes far enough