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The deal accelerates Smart’s AUM further, taking current £5.5bn AUM past £8bn
Aquiline leads funding round with Chrysalis Investments, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures and other existing strategic investors participating
Smart attended the ASFA conference to share insider knowledge in a constantly evolving industry
AUM growth driven by accelerating global demand for technology and success of Smart Pension in the UK
Smart’s Future of Global Retirement report looks at how savers around the world view retirement
Smart builds further on its award-winning culture, being certified in the US, UK and Poland
Why we need innovation in decumulation
Celebrating a year of success
To help our partners grow, we created our design system that can scale with them
Panel: Why supporting individuals through retirement could be more important than helping them save
Building retirement solutions to positively impact people’s financial wellbeing and future
In this article we explain how we used tree testing to measure and improve the effectiveness of our information architecture
The new role has been introduced as part of the continued growth in the company’s Keystone global retirement technology platform
How regulatory changes impact retirement technology
24 hours of hacking at Smart
Transforming an idea into a business solution in just 24 hours
This year’s hackathon inspired our colleagues to think creatively
Keystone is a new technology platform developed to solve the global retirement problem
World leading retirement technology provider finds new home in one of the world’s foremost retirement savings markets
The Smart solution to the global retirement technology challenge
'Smart Avatar Virtual Assistant’ – a genuine first in the worlds of fintech and pensions
It’s not always easy to find out what users are trying to do when they interact with your product, or where they need more help – this article explains how we used site search analytics to learn about user intent, leading us to design a new feature
From launch to 700 colleagues across the globe
A few weeks ago I was invited to give a presentation at the EU Parliament, as part of an IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) committee public hearing
Scheme member engagement is an industry-wide problem – this article explains how the innovation team at Smart uses the B=MAP framework to facilitate behaviour change, and how it helped us create a successful “first time sign-in” feature
A truly digital service will empower members
The new role has been introduced as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to improve its environmental and social footprint
IPE Panel Talk Post
Successes of 2021 will result in an incredible 2022
The announcement follows Smart’s recent £165 million Series D funding round
Innovation must lead regulation to give users the experience they now come to expect – technology is the only solution
Discover how savers think about retirement in one of the world’s best retirement savings markets, at a time when a major pension savings reform is on the horizon, in our research report
Smart has passed £2.2bn assets under management on its platform, growing by more than 2,000% in the 3 years since announcing the £100 million milestone.
Featuring YouGov research commissioned by Smart, the report looks at how the retirement industry will continue to develop in The Netherlands.
Paul Toon joins Smart as international M&A activity ramps up
As a platform offering technology solutions to exactly this problem, financial institutions, like Smart, have the ability to empower others across the globe to be successful in DC
Neil Murrin joins the global retirement technology firm from Trainline as international growth speeds up further
Smart's latest round of funding involves £165 million investment led by Chrysalis Investments
DWS joins Chrysalis Investments, Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Legal & General Investment Management, Link Group and Natixis Investment Managers as investors in Smart
The market is changing, and quickly, with a passion to drive more efficient and scalable software.
Smart Retire designed to address the missing link in retirement savings
Smart interviews 2,000 Australians about their opinion on retirement and the impact of COVID-19
Smart now one of the leading providers in RetireTech
As many firms discuss the future of the office Smart signs 15 year lease for London based 6-floor global HQ
Investment will further strengthen Smart’s global retirement technology platform offering, and expansion into the world’s largest retirement markets
Smart publishes research on retirement perceptions in the UK and the impact of COVID-19
Smart's hackathons allow teams to extend their capabilities and deliver innovation
User-centric design is the core of Smart's new product – Smart Retire
"when our results came in, we knew we had achieved something really special – the level of feedback, trust and passion for Smart was amazing"
The report takes a look at how the retirement industry will develop across the globe following the coronavirus pandemic
Despite an incredibly challenging year for businesses the world over, we’ve been able to sustain our award-winning culture, ultimately achieving a ranking of 22nd on the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ large organisation list published by Great Place to Work® UK.
Smart celebrates amazing successes despite a year full of new challenges
If you work with Smart, you’ll know that a digital-first approach defines everything that we do.
Smart shares research methods used during lockdown for the development of the revolutionary Smart Retire
Comes as new research finds that 1 in 8 UK adults aged 55+ are to delay retirement due to Covid pandemic.
Follows global restructure in which Jamie Fiveash was announced as CEO of Smart’s UK business
The team will launch a US recordkeeping solution for Pooled Employer Plans in time for SECURE Act 2.0 roll-out
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.
Five Smart employees are shortlisted for the prestigious Women in Pensions Awards
Fiveash joined Smart as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2017.
The changes are announced following the close of a recent funding round and reflects a new international structure.
Smart Pension comment on HM Treasury 'Pensions Tax Relief Administration' call for evidence
Smart's Pension Walkthrough tool designed to help people better manage their pensions
Smart continues to support customers during unprecedented times
Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, has made a strategic investment in Smart.
Smart has announced two non-executive appointments to its main company Board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Smart shares a glimpse of revolutionary retirement solution, Smart Retire
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
The innovation team showcases Smart's digital take on traditional annual pension statements - technology designed to enhance member engagement
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
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
Smart has hired ex-Bravura Solutions and GBST EMEA business development director Kirsty Worgan as its first Chief Commercial Officer
Prior to joining Smart, Mark Howard spent 14 years at Clyde & Co
Smart Pension Director of Global Clients will take up the two-year post with immediate effect
Smart Pension has launched its simplified and standardised annual statement this month
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
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...
Smart will be one of an initial cohort of ten sector-leading companies to take part in the initiative in Australia
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
Michael Watkins, 34, was praised by judges for the pioneering work he does to challenge convention within the financial services sector.
Paul Bucksey has extensive expertise in the UK’s pension industry spanning two decades and at a very senior level
Female leaders and innovators that are transforming financial technology across a broad range of financial services roles
Smart Pension play an important role in enabling the continued growth of workplace pensions for the benefit of consumers.
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
The dashboard has the potential to reconnect people with their pensions
A key feature of our marketplace in the future will be the way the pension industry becomes increasingly aligned, through new technology, with insight and advances in medical and healthcare markets
London has led Europe in terms of the amount invested in small and large digital businesses, building the software and services that will define the future of finance
A key aspect of what digital brings to the pension industry is what it brings to many other market sectors across the board: efficiency and scale
Disruptive innovation has come to be a powerful way of thinking about business growth, markets and opportunities for consumers
New technology is rapidly changing the way the entire financial services sector operates and also creating a structural shift in how pensions are managed and delivered
Greater financial education leads to higher levels of financial literacy which, in turn, prepares people for important challenges in their lives and enables them to improve their life chances
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