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Smart Snaps: Smart Retire User Experience Research

Members of our Core User Experience Research Team, walk us through research methods used during lockdown and some of their learnings during the development of our new product Smart Retire.

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Smart Retire lands in the UK

Comes as new research finds that 1 in 8 UK adults aged 55+ are to delay retirement due to Covid pandemic.

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Paul Bucksey appointed as Managing Director of Smart Pension (UK)

Follows global restructure in which Jamie Fiveash was announced as CEO of Smart’s UK business

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Industry heavyweights join Smart to form inaugural US executive team

The team will launch a US recordkeeping solution for Pooled Employer Plans in time for SECURE Act 2.0 roll-out

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Smart Launches in the United States

With retirement savings industry Veteran Jodan Ledford at the helm, Smart enters the US market with industry adoption already on a par with the country's second-largest recordkeeper by number of plans.

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Response to Government consultation: Taking action on climate risk

Smart Pension's response to Government consultation: Taking action on climate risk: improving governance and reporting by occupational pension schemes

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Smart Snaps: Women in Pensions

In 2020, five Smart employees are on the shortlist for the prestigious Women in Pensions Awards. Here's why this is important, both to Smart, and to some of those shortlisted. So congratulations on your nominations to Hilary Wilcox, Karina Kajelova, Kate Ross, Lauretta Akwule and Rebecca Peche. Good luck to you all!

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Jamie Fiveash takes on UK CEO role

Fiveash joined Smart as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2017.

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Letter to Work and Pensions Committee regarding small pension pots

Smart respond to a letter from the Chair of Work and Pensions Committee asking for ideas to deal with the issue with the proliferation of small pension pots.

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Group CEO and MD appointed as Smart restructures

The changes are announced following the close of a recent funding round and reflects a new international structure.

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Response to DWP review of default fund charge cap and standardised cost disclosure

Smart Pension response to DWP's Call for Evidence on Costs and Charges.

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PDP call for input on data standards: response from Smart

Getting the data standards clear and right is a necessary first step in injecting some momentum into the creation of pension dashboards.

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In the press: Professional Pensions

Smart Pension comment on HM Treasury 'Pensions Tax Relief Administration' call for evidence

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Smart Snaps: The Pension Walkthrough

In this video we share a sneak peek of our Pension Walkthrough tool, which will help people better understand and manage their pensions, coming soon to Smart Pension.

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Response to the Money and Pensions Service's publication of its call for input on pension dashboard data standards

The publication of the Call for Input represents another significant and critical step forwards for the pensions dashboards programme.

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Response to Department for Work and Pensions TCFD Consultation

Smart Pension’s response to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Consultation.

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Smart Snaps: Smart Resilience

We had a lot of fun creating our most recent Smart Snap which features 19 of us from across our organisation, and shows how we are working together to support our customers through these challenging times.

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Smart and Natixis Investment Managers announce strategic investment

Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, has made a strategic investment in Smart.

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Smart adds two non-executive directors to company board

Smart has announced two non-executive appointments to its main company Board.

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Simplifying saving for retirement

A mini-documentary produced by BBC StoryWorks for Innovation In Finance week, members of the Smart Team talk a little about how we are changing pensions around the globe and at home, starring our friends at ArenaFlowers.com.

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Smart partners with DueDil as part of new global strategy

Smart Pension has announced a new partnership with London-based FinTech DueDil, a company intelligence platform that provides unique insights on more than 50 million companies worldwide.

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Smart Snaps: The Content Guild

In this video, we introduce Smart's Content Guild, our dedicated team of content designers and discuss why plain English is so important in pension communications.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update

As a responsible business, we are following government advice to ensure the safety of our staff, customers and members. This is of paramount importance to us. We also understand that unsettled markets can be scary for our customers and we would like to reassure them that we are here to help.

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Response to The Pension Regulator’s 'Future of Governance and Trusteeship' consultation

The proposals outlined in the consultation will hopefully lead to higher standards across all occupational pension schemes and better outcomes for members.

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Smart Snaps: Smart Retire

In this video, we share a sneak peek of Smart Retire our unique to and through master trust solution for retirement – coming this year to Smart Pension.

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Response to The Pension Regulator's 'Annual DC Trust' Report

The TPR's 'Annual DC Trust' report highlights the changing shape of the market to the benefit of pension savers.

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Smart named as preferred provider to deliver States of Guernsey secondary pension scheme

Workplace pension innovator Smart has been named as the preferred provider to deliver the secondary pension scheme which is set to be introduced into legislation by the States of Guernsey in 2020.

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Smart Snaps: Interactive Animated Statement

At Smart we're often asked how we grew from just a few people to hundreds in just a few short years, joined along the way by investors including J.P. Morgan, LGIM, and Link Group.

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Smart and Link Group announce global strategic partnership

Workplace pensions innovator, Smart, and the leading administrator in the Australian superannuation industry, Link Group, have today announced a strategic global partnership to take their combined expertise into new markets both in the UK and globally.

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Delivering good member outcomes is not just about costs and charges, says new research by Pensions Policy Institute

An authoritative new report has found low charges and costs don’t necessarily guarantee good retirement outcomes for members.

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Ruston Smith appointed Chair of the Smart Board

The news of his new role comes at an important time for the leading workplace pensions innovator as it extends its reach in the UK as a broader DC pension provider and moves into new global territories with its platform technology arm.

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Smart appoints first Chief Commercial Officer

Smart has hired ex-Bravura Solutions and GBST EMEA business development director Kirsty Worgan as its first Chief Commercial Officer.

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Smart appoints General Counsel (Pensions and Financial Services)

Prior to joining Smart, Mark Howard spent 14 years at Clyde & Co.

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Tim Phillips elected as youngest ever Vice President of Pensions Management Institute

Smart Pension Director of Global Clients will take up the two-year post with immediate effect.

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Smart Pension launches simplified statement on member app

Smart Pension has launched its simplified and standardised annual statement this month.

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Has cutting edge tech become a hygiene factor?

Technology is a given, what people really want is the choice and competition it brings, says Smart Pension’s Head of UX Innovation Harry Brignull during UK Fintech Week.

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Fintech versus digital transformation

As the pensions industry prepares to bring its technology into the 21st century to match customer expectations, Sam Barton looks at the digital transformation we’ve already seen happen in banking - and compares it to the march of the fintechs that start with a clean sheet...

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Smart selected to for UK Government’s Global Fintech Push

Smart will be one of an initial cohort of ten sector-leading companies to take part in the initiative in Australia

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How do we change the way people perceive pensions?

As a pensions enthusiast, I’m always trying to convince friends that it's important to save for their future. All too often, it falls on deaf ears - even before I get onto the exciting topic of tax relief.

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Response to DWP Consultation on Investment Innovation and Future Consolidation

The proposals outlined in the consultation are a 'good step forward', but need clear guidance and clear sanctions for them to have a positive impact.

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Smart Pension’s head of proposition development is named pensions rising star

Michael Watkins, 34, was praised by judges for the pioneering work he does to challenge convention within the financial services sector.

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Open Pensions? Let’s learn to walk before we start running.

There is a strong case for the concept of open pensions, in many ways it is the right thing to do.

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Smart Pension hires ex-Aegon/Blackrock DC boss as director of UK distribution

Paul Bucksey has extensive expertise in the UK’s pension industry spanning two decades and at a very senior level.

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Smart trailblazers named in the Women in FinTech Powerlist

Female leaders and innovators that are transforming financial technology across a broad range of financial services roles.

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Smart Pension joins ABI as first Workplace Platform member

Smart Pension play an important role in enabling the continued growth of workplace pensions for the benefit of consumers.

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J.P. Morgan makes strategic investment in technology innovator and workplace pensions provider, Smart Pension

The company has taken a minority equity stake in the firm as part of Smart’s new strategic placement funding round, bringing total funds raised to date to c.£50m.

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All we are saying... is give CDC a chance

The DWP’s CDC consultation comes to an end this week. This is the first serious attempt at finding a new way to do pensions, trying to find that middle way between defined benefit and defined contribution.

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Looking Back On 2018

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Working together for the consumer

The dashboard has the potential to reconnect people with their pensions.

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Response to the DWP consultation on the Pensions Dashboard

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Smart Pension takes on Corporate Pensions Trust

Workplace savings technology innovator Smart Pension, has today announced a partnership with the national financial advisory group Lighthouse Group plc ("Lighthouse").

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Response to DWP consultation on delivering Collective Defined Contribution pension schemes

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Alexa, How Much Have I Got In My Pension Pot?

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Digital: Complementing Change, Or Change Itself?

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Open For Business: Why London Leads The Fintech World

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Your Health - And That Of Your Pension

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When Did It Become Good To Be ‘Disruptive’?