Pension Dashboards – the next phase

To mark Carers Week 2026, content writer Sarah Haselwood takes a look at REBA’s latest roundtable report to explore how employers can support the pension adequacy of working carers. 

The connected pension scheme member experience is upon us. Employers should expect providers to raise their game.  

Financial wellbeing is firmly on the employer's agenda. But while awareness is high, delivery is still catching up.

Guided retirement is one of the most important pension initiatives currently underway, argues NatWest Cushon director of policy and research Steve Watson. But if we want more employees to engage with their options, we need to stop designing around products and regulations, and start putting people first. 

Fragmented working lives due to parenting, caring or simple career breaks, are challenging longstanding assumptions about workplace pensions. Laura Stewart Smith, head of pension engagement at Aviva, discusses the impact this is having on savings.

Today, pension saving is often far from linear – life happens. But what does that mean for retirement savings and what are employers doing to ensure employees save adequately? REBA’s roundtable event aimed to find out.