Pensions Dashboards: Re-animating pensions for UK savers

Now pause for a moment – and think of Pensions Dashboards... You'll be forgiven if 'compliance' is one of the first words that spring to mind. In this part of the #PensionsDashboardsWeek, we invited the audience to take a breath and re-imagine pensions for the UK saver. What might the future look like? This discussion was very insightful, with a lustrious panel of speakers who were there at the start and are now looking ahead to where Pensions Dashboards will help UK consumers in becoming more engaged with their retirement savings. The industry's greatest minds, including Steve Webb of Lane Clark & Peacock, Tom McPhail of the lang cat, Fiona Tait of Intelligent Pensions joined this thought-provoking discussion. Moreover, we had the visionary Jon Hawkins of Bravura chairing the session. This online event featured a live Q&A at the end, but if you couldn't attend, feel free to register and view the recording. ABOUT THE PANEL Tom McPhail has worked in financial services since 1986 (with a brief foray into electric bikes in 2020). For 18 years, he was Head of Policy and Lead Pensions Spokesman for Hargreaves Lansdown. In 2021, Tom conducted an external review of the Money and Pensions Service on behalf of the DWP. He now works for the lang cat, providing financial services firms with strategic advice on policy issues and PR. Steve Webb was Minister for Pensions 2010-15. He implemented major reforms to the state pension system, oversaw the successful introduction of automatic enrolment and played a key role in the new pension freedoms. He was awarded a knighthood in 2017 and is now a partner at consultants LCP. Fiona Tait (known as @pensionsgirlie) is currently Technical Director and PTS for Intelligent Pensions. With over 30 years in pensions, she is qualified as a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society, and is the current President of the Local Institute of the CII in Edinburgh, as well as a Governor of The Pensions Policy Institute.