Smart Pension

Beer and brainfood: How Smart Pension has coped with a crisis

Natixis Investment Managers has made a strategic investment in Smart, the technology platform behind the Smart Pension master trust.

The government will raise the two tapered annual allowance thresholds by £90,000 in a bid to reduce the tax impact on high-earning NHS staff.

Smart Pension is set to take on all members and employers of the Welplan Pensions Master Trust, following its closure last year.

Lessons must be learned from open banking in order to make the pensions dashboard a success for the modern saver, says Darren Philp.

Government plans to increase the general levy will disproportionately hit members who have been auto-enrolled, says Darren Philp

The Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation on increasing the general levy has closed. Holly Roach looks at the industry’s response to its proposals

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation setting out proposals for the adoption and launch of simpler annual benefit statements. Holly Roach reports

The government-backed Star Initiative has reached 50 signatories, surpassing its initial target of 30. Holly Roach looks at the project’s progress.

TPR’s consultation on the future of trusteeship closed last week, but there are mixed views on its proposals. Kim Kaveh looks at the industry’s responses.