Pi Partnership has acquired Align Pensions, a Manchester-based independent trustee firm.
The Align team will work with Pi to support trustee boards and employers in ensuring secure incomes in retirement are available to an engaged and well-informed membership.
Align Pensions was founded by Sam Ashraf, Darren Howarth and Bhavna Kumar and is made up of pension professionals with a combined 60 years of experience in the pensions industry.
The team focuses on providing trustee or advisory services to small and medium-sized pension schemes, including trustee boards and sponsoring employers.
Pi Partnership CEO Simone Lavelle says: “The acquisition of Align supports our strategy of growing as an independent company and we look forward to welcoming our new colleagues into the Pi team. This is an interesting time for pension schemes and we are sure that our combined skills and increased geographical coverage will add value to both trustee boards and employers.”
Align Pensions director Darren Howarth says: “When we started Align in 2019 we wanted to provide a bespoke service to our clients, as a wholly director-owned business with no outside shareholders or other financial commitments. We are delighted to have found an organisation that shares our values and we look forward to working with the Pi team to continue to provide a high quality and independent service to our clients.”