Year: 2021

Find out what’s happening at Sackers. Our News section provides information about recent work, press comment and media coverage, and what our people are doing.

Latest News

Stuart O’Brien discusses integrating climate change reporting into your pension scheme

Stuart O’Brien presents at the Pensions Management Institute trustee workbench and discusses integrating climate change reporting into your pension scheme. Watch the webinar recording (registration required)...

Transfers
Pension scams: Empowering trustees and protecting members – Sackers response

The DWP’s consultation on draft regulations introducing new restrictions on statutory pension transfers closed today. The draft regulations, which are being made under a power in the Pension Schemes Act 2021, will impose conditions on a...

Katharine Swire considers tips for avoiding communications traps

Katharine Swire, Associate director considers tips for avoiding communications traps. Read the full article in Pensions...

Questions scheme website
Sarah Henderson writes in Employee Benefits magazine on GDPR priorities for pension scheme employers

Sarah Henderson, senior associate, has written in Employee Benefits magazine on the priorities for employers three years on from the GDPR. Read the full article...

Data breach
Sarah Henderson comments in HR Magazine on the impact of Brexit on GDPR and the rise in cyber security breaches

Sarah Henderson, senior associate, comments in HR Magazine on the impact of Brexit on GDPR and considerations for employers, as well as the rise in cyber security breaches during the pandemic. Read the full article...

Sackers announces David Saunders as new senior partner

Sacker & Partners LLP has today announced that David Saunders is to become the firm’s senior partner on 1 September 2021.  He takes over from Ian Pittaway who has held the position since 2005. David Saunders joined Sackers in 2004,...

CDC
Helen Ball to speak at Westminster & City conference on DC Pensions and Master Trusts

Helen Ball, partner, is to join a panel of other speakers at the upcoming Westminster & City conference on DC Pensions and Master Trusts – adapting to a changing landscape. The conference will explore the key trends and...

Facilitating financial guidance or advice – the key is a well-managed process

Sackers announces the results of its most recent webinar survey which looked at the number of employers and trustees who are facilitating the provision of financial guidance or advice to members. Just under 50% of respondents* are offering...

Buy-in / Buy-out / Longevity
Sackers advises the AIB Group UK Pension Scheme on £61m buy-in with L&G

L&G announces that it has agreed a £61m transaction with the AIB Group UK Pension Scheme to convert a tranche of its existing Assured Payment Policy (APP) into a buy-in policy. Covering both deferred members and new retirees, the...