Pensions dashboard a 'solid idea with shaky foundations'

Project structure is ‘ill-conceived’

Holly Roach
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The pensions dashboard project is a “solid idea” but has “shaky foundations”, according to Premier Pensions.

Head of administration Girish Menezes said the implementation of the project - which will allow savers to view information from multiple pensions in one place - is a "worthwhile objective" but is "fraught with risk". According to the Pensions Dashboard Programme's (PDP) latest timetable, staged compulsory on-boarding for pension providers and the dashboard available point is scheduled to commence in 2023. Menezes said while the idea of the dashboards is "undoubtedly good" and has garnered industry-wide support, the basic structure as it stands is "ill-conceived". He said the infras...

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