Barclays partners with Smart for pension platform

James Phillips
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Smart Pension and Barclays have partnered to provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a quicker pensions solution with a wider selection of investment funds.

The alliance comes after Barclays' strategic investment to take a minority stake in Smart last year as part of the provider's series C fundraising round to support global growth. As part of the ...

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