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Advice is a personalised recommendation that can only be provided by a regulated firm at...
Recommendation
Advice is a personalised recommendation that can only be provided by a regulated firm at a cost. Few people seem to be willing to pay for financial advice for the decisions they make about their pension savings—even though doing so could significantly improve their financial situation. More people would benefit from regulated advice before accessing their pensions than currently use it. We recommend that the Government should report annually on progress and plans to increase the uptake of pensions advice.
Government Response Summary
The government defers action on reporting annually on progress to increase the uptake of pensions advice, stating that transactions should not be enabled on dashboards initially and future enhancements to dashboards functionality should be decided after the initial offer has been tested with users.
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Government Response
Deferred
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
It is important to establish trust in dashboards as they are introduced, and until they are, that transactions should not be enabled. We have taken the position that they will start with a basic level of information, with the potential to include more detail or functionality as our understanding of consumer needs develop. We have been clear throughout that in order to develop a digital service that is safe, useful and relevant to consumers, future enhancements to dashboards functionality should not be decided before the initial offer has been tested with users and any behavioural effects are understood. This means that transactions will not be possible on the initial version of dashboards. Government and Financial Conduct Authority Responses to the Committee’s Fifth Report 15
Source
Committee
Work and Pensions Committee
Inquiry
Protecting pension savers – five years on from the Pension Freedoms: Accessing pension savings
Addressee Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.5 yrs
Report published
18 Jan 2022