Dunstan Thomas expands with tech firm acquisition

Acquisition comes after pension freedom shake-up

Jenna Towler
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Retirement solutions provider Dunstan Thomas has acquired technology firm Digital Keystone.

The business said the merger would strengthen its ability to assist providers and platforms in the post-pension freedom world. Digital Keystone will become part of the Dunstan Thomas Group of companies and retain its name. Dunstan Thomas chief executive Chris Read said: "By merging with Digital Keystone we put ourselves in a much stronger position financially and in terms of our technical know-how and sheer scale - giving providers greater reassurance. "This means we can together address the many challenges which providers are facing since pension freedom; while continuing to enabl...

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