Smart Pension

Smart Pension has appointed ClaritEx to develop its cost transparency solutions effective from Q3, making the master trust its first client.

In this week's Pensions Buzz we asked if, following the announcement that Smart Pension and Legal and General are developing the first default retirement pathway combining annuities and drawdown, other providers should follow suit.

In this week's Pensions Buzz, we want to know if you think whether the regulator significantly boosting its staff for more visible and forceful action against flagging schemes will be enough, and whether it is focusing too much on the protection of DB...

Smart Pension and Legal & General (L&G) have partnered to create a workplace pension retirement income product that will combine drawdown and annuities.

Smart Pension has appointed Eamon Mulholland as executive consultant to help with the firm's expansion.

Paul Budgen says many of the smaller providers with less resource and funding will not make it through the costly and time-consuming months ahead

Smart Pension is to launch a smartphone application with animated financial illustrations, which will allow savers to change their contributions and investments with just a tap on a screen.

Low income earners in the majority of master trusts are missing out on tax relief on their retirement savings due to a legislative technicality, according to research.

This week's top stores included news that Nortel Network's UK defined benefit scheme will exit Pension Protection Fund assessment with £550m from insolvency proceeds to use to boost members' benefits.

Darren Philp is set to leave B&CE and The People's Pension this September as he takes up a new role as head of policy at Smart Pension.