Pensions management

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Pension and savings fintech Cushon rebrands to NatWest Cushon

Pension and savings fintech Cushon has rebranded to NatWest Cushon a year after the bank took an 85% stake in the business.

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PensionBee goes live in the US

PensionBee Group plc (the ‘Company’), a leading online pension provider, today announces the launch of its business in the United States (‘US’), the world’s largest Defined Contribution pension market, representing approximately 80% of the global total and $22.5 trillion in assets.

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GBST and Wipro combine for pension and wealth administration services

GBST, a leading global provider of wealth management and advice solutions technology for the financial services industry, and Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading technology services and consulting company, have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at delivering end-to-end administration services for wealth, and pensions companies transitioning from legacy IT environments.

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Bravura secures place on National LGPS Procurement Framework for Pensions Dashboards

Bravura Solutions Limited (ASX: BVS), a leading provider of software solutions for the wealth management, life insurance, and funds administration industries, has been appointed to the new National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Procurement Framework for Integrated Service Provider (ISP) and Member Data Services.

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Retirement savings startup 401GO raises $12 million

401GO, the next-generation retirement plan provider for employers, advisors and individuals, today announced the successful completion of its $12 million Series A funding round, led by Next Frontier Capital. Additional investors include Rally Ventures, who joined existing investors Impression Ventures, and Stout Street Capital that participated in the new investment.

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Veronica Humble joins Cushon as new CIO

Workplace pension and savings fintech Cushon is today announcing Veronica Humble joins Cushon as Chief Investment Officer.

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WealthOS targets Sipp providers

WealthOS, the cloud-native operating system for digital wealth management products, has launched its new solution for providers of Self-Invested Personal Pension accounts (SIPPs) in the U.K.

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Railpen appoints BNY Mellon for data operating model

Railpen, the fiduciary and investment manager of the UK railways’ pension schemes, has appointed BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK), the global financial services company, to provide a cloud-based data platform that simplifies its data architecture and supports the resilience of its operating model.

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Penfold launches crowdfund campaign

Penfold, the digital pensions provider, today announced the launch of its latest crowdfunding round, following a period of significant growth.

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Cushon welcomes Ellen Louw as CFO

Workplace pension and savings fintech Cushon is today announcing a new appointment to its senior leadership team with Ellen Louw joining as Chief Financial Officer.

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Origo appoints Tom Mullally as chief product officer

Origo has appointed Tom Mullally as Chief Product Officer, with a remit to help the fintech further connect the industry for the benefit of everyone.

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Nest selects BlackRock’s Aladdin as its investment risk platform

Nest, the UK’s largest workplace pension scheme by members, and BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, today announced a new partnership where Nest will leverage BlackRock Aladdin to manage the risk of its entire investment strategy on a single platform.

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Financial wellbeing startup Mintago closes $4.75m funding round

Financial wellbeing startup Mintago has closed a $4.75 million funding round to further enhance its platform and accelerate its growth across the UK.

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Standard Life partners with Moneyhub to offer commercial pensions dashboard

Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, has partnered with Moneyhub, the market-leading Open Banking and Open Finance platform, to deliver its pensions dashboard. This marks the first UK provider to commit to offering a commercial pensions dashboard.

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Netcompany acquires 20% stake in Festina Finance

Netcompany today acquired a 20% stake in the Danish based Festina Finance – a leading provider of software for the Life and Pension industry with a customer base in Denmark and the Netherlands.

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Nucleus Financial acquires Curtis Bank

Nucleus Financial Platforms (Nucleus), one of the UK’s leading independent adviser platforms, is pleased to announce that its acquisition of the Curtis Banks Group (Curtis Banks) has received all necessary regulatory approvals.

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Yonder and Smart Pension to bridge the gap for international employers and remote workers

Yonder, the all-in-one platform to automate health insurance and retirement benefits for growing teams, today announced it is working with Smart Pension, one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, to enable companies and their UK-based employees to easily administer and enrol in a workplace pension.

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Smart Pension acquires Evolve Pensions

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, announces its acquisition of Evolve Pensions, a leading provider in workplace pension services through its master trust the Crystal Trust.

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British Business Bank seeks proposals for Government's Tech and Science initiative

The British Business Bank today announced a Call for Proposals as part of the launch of the government’s Long-term Investment for Technology and Science (LIFTS) initiative. It seeks proposals from industry for the establishment of new funds or investment structures to crowd in UK institutional investment, particularly Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes, to support the growth and ambitions of the UK’s most innovative science and technology companies.

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PensionBee adopts ViaNova transfer standards for pension consolidation

PensionBee, a leading online pension provider, has made it possible for more savers to move their pensions quickly and efficiently with the adoption of an additional transfer service.