Why a pensions dashboard can (and must) happen

It's one of those ‘no-brainers'

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It's time to set aside pension dashboard fears, writes Adrian Boulding. Making life easier for consumers should be providers' top priority

In a post-automatic enrolment world, the idea that people who have accrued multiple pensions, while moving from employer to employer, should be able to see all their pension pots in one place online sounds helpful. Right? It's one of those ‘no-brainers' that's so obvious that nobody has so far put up a succinct argument against this pensions dashboard concept. However, for the dashboard to work the vast majority of pension providers need to back it. So is the business case for making this happen strong for them? On the upside, providers stand to realise cost savings from not hav...

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