'Busy summer ahead' as pensions dashboard project gathers pace
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The pensions industry should expect a busy rest of the year as work on the pensions dashboard begins to ramp up, according to Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) principal Chris Curry.
Speaking at the Professional Pensions' PP Live on 13 July Curry said extensive work was underway on the long-awaited project that the industry had yet to see in full. "It's only in the past month or...
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