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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Sackers supports new pension industry network to help female leaders connect and collaborate

The Female Forum, a network for professional women, today launched its first industry-specific initiative “Pension Chapter” at a breakfast event in London. The Pension Chapter aims to create a strategic network for female professionals...

Oliver Topping speaks at Hymans webinar

Oliver Topping, associate director at Sackers, speaks on recent developments concerning Pensions Dashboards at a webinar hosted by Hymans Robertson on 27 June. Oliver is part of a group of speakers covering the following subjects: where we...

Sackers advises on £1.7bn longevity transaction for Nationwide Pension Fund

Nationwide Pension Fund has announced the completion of a major longevity risk transfer transaction with Zurich Assurance Ltd and Prudential Financial Inc. Sackers is the longstanding adviser to the Trustee of the Fund and advised them...

Should pension scheme trustees think of their members as customers?

In an article for Employee Benefits, Naomi Brown considers whether pensions scheme trustees should be thinking of their members as customers in order to ensure that members have confidence in their pension scheme and are happy with the...

Sackers wins Pensions Lawyers of the year

Sackers was last night crowned Pensions Lawyers of the Year at the Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards 2023. The awards, now in their 26th year, shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment...

See you in Edinburgh!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the PLSA Investment Conference in Edinburgh between 6 – 8 June. Come and meet the team of Stuart O’Brien, Jacqui Reid, Paul Phillips, Ian Cormican and Georgina Stewart at Stand 4 in the...

Katy Harries comments on the notifiable events regime

With no firm date for when the long awaited updates to the notifiable events regime are likely to come into force, associate director Katy Harries comments on possible reasons for the delay in an article in Professional Pensions....

Delays are not the only problem with existing pension scam rules

This week marks 18 months since the new pension transfer regulations were implemented. Partner Adeline Chapman gives her views on how successful the measures have been to date and what might be improved, in an article in Pensions Expert....

Sackers joins new industry coalition to tackle UK pension inequalities

The Pensions Equity Group (PEG), a new industry coalition, was launched today to work together to tackle pension inequalities in the UK. Jacqui Reid, partner, and Emily Rowley, senior associate, are proud to be members. The Group has been...