pTools Delivers Online Pensions Lifecycle Solution for Pensions Board in Ireland

MERRION SQUARE, Ireland - April 26, 2013 - PRLog -- pTools Delivers Online Pensions Lifecycle Solution  for Pensions Board in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland, April 26th 2013   Web Content Management provider, pTools, today announced the successful implementation of its software for the new online Pensions Lifecycle solution for The Pensions Board in Ireland.

The content management solution for the new Pensions Lifecycle website leverages pTools content targeting and personalisation features for site visitors to deliver focussed content to individuals and key online audiences. Sections include information on; State Pensions, Private Pensions, Pensions Fees, Investment Risks and Pensions Benefits.

The site contains a range of elements designed to help people identify the right pension related information for their need across a range of criteria from age, to life stage, from earnings to pension expectations. Uniquely the solution allows visitors to assess their own level of investment and risk as well as enabling them to see the likely returns over variable timeframes and retirement dates.
Commenting on the Pensions Board Lifecycle solution, Keith Wood, CEO of pTools says: "This is an example of pTools’ ability to help our customers drive targeted content to audiences in a way that’s easy to understand and easy use. We worked with the Pensions Board project team to ensure that the content management services we delivered reflected the streams of information designed into the system. This ability to segment content and deliver it to different audiences is now essential to success online."

David Malone, Head of Operations with the Pensions Board said: “The Board is constantly exploring new options to assist it in the delivery of relevant pensions information to our specific target audiences in the most effective and cost efficient manner. The Board’s new pensions information lifecycle section called ‘Understanding Your Pension’ allows consumers and pension scheme members alike to select their own personal pension circumstances and receive relevant information on their personal stage in the pensions’ lifecycle. We are very happy with the way this system works and comment and feedback from users has been very positive.”

Key aspects of the pTools Pensions Board Lifecycle solution include:

• Pensions calculator which shows how much one needs to put by, in order to have a pensions of some reasonable value.
• Ability to illustrate your pension investment risk profile.
• Budget planner that allows visitors to analyse their expenditure and encourages them to contribute to a pension.
• Granular content targeting and personalisation of pension’s information for individuals and audiences.

For the Pensions Board these tools encourage people to investigate the benefit of a pension and make appropriate plans for retirement.
pTools Web Content Management Software as a Service enables partners and customers to easily deploy enterprise-class WCM and applications, based on fully managed service designed to make continuous improvement easier and more efficient.
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About the Pensions Board: The Pensions Board [http://www.pensionsboard.ie/en/] is a statutory body set up under the Pensions Act, 1990. The Board regulates occupational pension schemes, trust RACs and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) in Ireland.

About pTools: pTools [www.ptools.com] is an enterprise level WCM software vendor with European headquarters in Dublin Ireland and offices in Toronto, London and Brno.