Smart Pension acquires WS Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Acquisition makes Smart Pension the UK’s eighth largest DC master trust

Holly Roach
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Smart UK chief executive Jamie Fiveash
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Smart UK chief executive Jamie Fiveash

Smart Pension has acquired the WS Stakeholder Pension Scheme from Waystone Management (UK), with the agreement set to make it the eighth largest defined contribution master trust in the UK.

The agreement sees £580m in assets under management (AUM) transfer to the Smart Pension Master Trust, bringing its total AUM to more than £8.5bn. Over 19,000 members from the Stakeholder scheme ...

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