Year: 2023

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.

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In conversation with Helen Ball

In the latest issue of Pensions Age, Sophie Smith talks to new managing partner Helen Ball about her top pensions moments, latest Netflix pick, and the importance of life outside work. You can read the entire edition of Pensions Age...

Sackers contributes to PMI’s 2023 ESG report

In an article for PMI’s 2023 ESG report, partner Stuart O’Brien looks at how far trustees can go with impact investment. The regulatory landscape that trustees have to navigate in relation to ESG and climate change has developed...

Sackers advises on £4.8bn buy-in for Boots Pension Scheme

The trustees of the Boots Pension Scheme have concluded a buy-in with Legal & General, insuring in total £4.8bn of liabilities and covering the pensions of all 53,000 retirees and deferred members of the scheme. Sackers are...

Why admin matters

Kirsty Pake hosted a live webinar on why good administration matters. It focused on how trustees, pension managers and their advisers can work together to make admin central to their strategic planning and why scheme administration is...

David Saunders comments in Professional Pensions

David Saunders is quoted as part of an article in Professional Pensions which takes stock of what the industry hoped and expected to hear in the Chancellor’s Autumn statement made earlier today. In July, as part of the...

Claire Carey comments on the Chancellor’s Autumn statement

Claire Carey, partner, comments: “Making clear that he will not take risks with inflation, today the Chancellor outlined 110 measures to help grow the economy. Following an avalanche of pensions reforms proposed in the wake of the...

Ferdy Lovett speaks on selecting the best DC arrangement for employees

Partner Ferdy Lovett joins senior DC consultant Claire Roarty on a Hymans webinar on 30 November to discuss why it’s important for employers to review their pension provider, what the process involves and what are some of the key legal...

Do we still need a new DB code?

Katie Whitford, senior associate, is quoted as part of an article on Mallowstreet, which considers whether the case for a new DB code has stood the test of time and whether the government’s announcements made in the Mansion House...

Sackers advises Sears Retail Pension Scheme on first superfund deal

The trustees of the £590 million Sears Retail Pension Scheme have agreed to enter into the UK’s first ever superfund transaction with Clara-Pensions. The Sears Trustees have written to the 9,000 scheme members informing them of the...