Pension scheme data 'not good enough' for dashboard

Some scheme’s ‘fib’

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The pensions dashboard project could be derailed by poor data held by workplace pension schemes, delegates at the PLSA Conference heard.

Speaking at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's annual conference in Manchester yesterday (16 October), a panel of pension administration experts said some schemes did not know what state their member data was in and others "fibbed" about quality. Panel members said cleaning data and improving member engagement were the top priorities for the industry in 2020. What to expect from the pensions dashboard...

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