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Excluding assets is a key tool for improving ESG credentials

Excluding certain assets is a key tool for improving a scheme’s ESG credentials. Speaking at the Sustainable Investment Festival 2022, Stuart O’Brien argues that not many trust-based pension schemes have had exclusion policies, despite exclusion being vital for improving on ESG. For Stuart’s thoughts on exclusion, you can read them in Professional Pensions...

How trustees can be protected from bulk annuity residual risks

Ralph McClelland details the residual risks schemes may be left with after a bulk annuity deal and what the best options are to protect trustees in these cases. You can read his full article in...

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Pensions dashboards and lessons from overseas

Dashboard projects are likely to be a significant upheaval for some schemes with less modern administration systems or complex benefit structures. With regular published developments on the pensions...

Stuart O’Brien writes in Professional Pensions about the bigger net zero picture for pension scheme trustees

Pension scheme trustees have a fiduciary duty to exercise their investment powers for the purposes of paying members’ pensions and taking account of relevant (usually financially material) factors....

Sackers recruits new litigation associate

Sackers announces its hiring of Amy Difford as associate in its highly regarded pensions litigation team. Peter Murphy, partner and head of pensions litigation at Sackers, said: “Amy brings...

Sackers wins best pensions law firm at Corporate Adviser Awards

We were delighted to win best pensions law firm at the Corporate Adviser 2022 Awards at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square on 30 June. Here we are celebrating our...

Discretionary pension increases in the spotlight

In her latest article for Professional Pensions, Naomi Brown considers how trustees can respond to questions around inflation. Click here to access and read the full...