Tag Archives: Smart Pensions

A glimmer of light on the gender and ethnicity pensions gap.

Monty Hadadi needs no introduction , nor do the authors of the report he posts about; – Kim Gubler now of IGG, Smart Pension and LCP Link to the report: https://lcpuk.foleon.com/gender-ethnicity-pension-gap/gender-ethnicity-pension-gap-report-2026/ Home – A glimmer of light on the horizon … Continue reading

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Pensions transfers need to cost under £10 for the “small pot carousel”

The current pensions transfer system isn’t working, is too expensive, and requires providers working together to speed up the process, Smart Pension CEO, Jamie Fiveash, has stated, suggesting that the cost of a pension transfer needs to be cut to … Continue reading

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Andy Cheseldine’s VFM assessment is just too good!

Andy Cheseldine gave , in 21 minutes , one of the most complete and articulate expressions of what makes for good value in a DC pension scheme. I hate the word “masterclass” but on this occasion it is appropriate and … Continue reading

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Getting Smarter about how we retire

  #SmartSnap 2 is here: Smart Retire In this video, we share a sneak peek of Smart Retire – our unique “to and through retirement” master trust solution – coming this year to Smart Pension. pic.twitter.com/14JKPvjUkq — Smart Pension (@smartpensionuk) … Continue reading

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GenLife to Smart – a case study in prudent planning

Friendly Pensions and its successor GenLife have now become Smart Pension and the outlook for its 10,000 members has been substantially improved. While GenLife was not insolvent, it decided the best way to achieve its targets was to obtain scale … Continue reading

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