 The impact of the internet on the provision of financial services information: the case of pensionsTina Harrison and Kathryn Waite International Journal of Financial Services Management, 2005, vol. 1, issue 1, 11-25 Abstract: The information potential of the internet is claimed to be heralding a new age of consumer empowerment, providing consumers with access to increased amounts of information which can be used to aid decision making. Yet, to what extent does this hold true for pensions? Pensions are complex products, and recent changes in the pensions industry have brought about a need for increased consumer access to information. To what extent is the industry responding to this need? Using an adaptation of Resnik and Stern's (1977) Information Content Paradigm, a content analysis was conducted of 80 UK pension provider websites from 1997–2004. The study finds that not only has the amount of information communicated changed over time, so too has the type of information. Notwithstanding, UK pension provider websites do not currently appear to provide consumers with adequate information to make informed and empowered pension purchase decisions. Keywords: content analysis; financial services; information provision; internet; pensions; financial information; consumer empowerment; UK pension providers; pension websites; pension information; new technologies. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijfsmg:v:1:y:2005:i:1:p:11-25 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Financial Services Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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