Blog posts on pensions innovation
8 December 2025: Shaping the future: How we are driving digital transformation with the pensions industry
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is driving a transformation in how the pensions industry uses data and digital technology to deliver improved outcomes for savers. With an ambition to innovate and collaborate, Paul Neville, Executive Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) shares the latest vision, opportunities and priorities, developed through a newly established industry working group, to see schemes harness the power of technology to shape better retirements.
25 September 2025: Reimagining pensions: the conditions for innovation need to be bold, brave and collaborative
In this blog, Dr Marion Lean reflects on The Pensions Regulator’s second innovation event and the co-creation of seven design principles to guide innovation in workplace pensions. She explores how TPR is using design-led approaches like co-design and hackathons to foster creativity, collaboration and user-centred thinking across the industry. With over 50 leaders in attendance, the recent event marked another bold step towards building a more inclusive, transparent and future-focused pensions system.
1 July 2025: How collaboration will help pensions thrive in the digital, data and technology age
Embracing digital, data and technology (DDaT) is an important way the pensions industry can boost saver outcomes and help grow the economy. Paul Neville, Executive Director of DDaT at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), explains how we are supporting this with the creation of a new industry working group.
17 June 2025: How a collaborative pensions event fostered creative ideas for our future
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched an Innovation Support Service to create an environment that helps industry build solutions with savers at their heart. The regulator’s Head of Innovation and Design Practice, Marion Lean explains how TPR has already begun this process with the service’s first event – an innovation hackathon.
12 June 2025: Now we have all the pieces of the jigsaw, it’s time to tackle unfinished business in pensions
TPR Chief Executive Nausicaa Delfas examines the impact of the Pension Schemes Bill, how the regulator is working to address unfinished business in the pensions system, and why industry must push for ever higher standards to help unlock transformational opportunities.
23 April 2025: How to make transferring to a superfund run as smoothly as possible
Superfunds offer a new endgame destination providing high levels of security and good governance. As schemes consider transferring, we set out our top tips to make sure that the process is as simple as possible, learnt across the first three transfers to a superfund.
17 February 2025: Implementing our vision – what you can expect from us this year
The pensions landscape is rapidly changing towards one of fewer, larger schemes with new products and services being offered every day. Our mission is to protect, enhance and innovate in savers’ interests so that all savers – from every walk of life – can get good retirement outcomes from pensions.
18 October 2024: What our move towards risk-based regulation means for industry and savers
We want all savers to get good outcomes from pensions. For that to happen we need to make sure that defined contribution schemes provide value for money, from joining a scheme right the way through retirement. We need to make sure that all defined benefit schemes secure their future – whether that’s an end game or ongoing offer. And across all scheme types we have trustees making the right decisions for their savers, powered by good quality data.
12 September 2024: Why expanding our engagement with administrators will help drive better saver outcomes
Having worked in this industry for 18 years, I have witnessed the invaluable contributions of pension scheme administrators – those often unsung heroes behind the scenes who ensure the smooth functioning of our financial systems. Their role is pivotal in safeguarding the future of millions of savers. In this blog, we’ll explore their crucial role, why we are expanding our engagement, and the impact of effective administration on the industry.
25 April 2024: Supporting innovation in savers’ interests: new DB models must offer both clear benefits and proper protections
At The Pensions Regulator (TPR), we are committed to protecting savers’ money, enhancing the pension system and supporting innovation in the interests of savers. Innovation is something we are increasingly seeing in our evolving pensions landscape.