pensions dashboard

As a hectic 2018 draws to an end, Jonathan Stapleton wishes readers a quieter 2019.

This week's 103 Pensions Buzz respondents were equally split on whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is right to launch the dashboard on a voluntary participation basis, as was announced on Monday.

Steve Webb says pension schemes would be ill-advised to sit back and defer consideration of the implications of a dashboard for them.

The industry has welcomed the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) feasibility report into the pensions dashboard as a move towards improving member outcomes.

Jonathan Stapleton says now the DWP has given the project the green light to proceed, it is now up to the industry to make sure it happens.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the pensions dashboard feasibility study, nine months after it was originally due.

The chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee Frank Field has written a letter to the pensions minister urging him to commit now to legislation for the pensions dashboard.

Philip Hammond's 2018 Budget speech was entirely devoid of any mention of pensions, but the documents do include some things for the industry to take note of. Professional Pensions rounds up the eight key Budget plans and shortcomings.

A "substantial" parliamentary bill acting as a "roadmap" for the long-term future of private pensions will lead to a "significant period of calm", Guy Opperman has promised.

The government is "in daily contact" with industry figures over the pensions dashboard as it prepares for the roll-out and its feasibility report, Guy Opperman has said.