Reports and analysis

We examine how the connection process has operated in practice for organisations connecting to the central digital architecture (CDA).

Pension providers and schemes in scope of legislation must have completed connection by 31 October 2026.

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has reported on the positive progress of testing with its pensions dashboard as part of its latest update.

There are now less than 12 months until the legal deadline for pension providers and schemes to connect to the pensions dashboards ecosystem.

This report presents the findings from the preparation for dashboards survey of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated pension providers, conducted in 2024.

The first pension provider has finalised connection to the pensions dashboards ecosystem on 17 April 2025, as per DWP’s staged timetable in guidance.

Three participant organisations have passed through the stages required to connect to the ecosystem for pensions dashboards, opening the way for the first schemes to connect and marking a significant step towards a tool that will help transform retirement planning.

First participants complete integration testing for pensions dashboards.

Heywood Pension Technologies, one of our alpha participants, recently hosted a webinar with the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP). They give us a summary.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme has selected three potential pensions dashboards providers to take part in initial development of pensions dashboards.