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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 throughout the project. The transaction transfers the longevity risk of approximately £1.7bn of pension scheme liabilities covering approximately 7,000...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TPR deadlines
May 2023 pensions update

Partner Georgina Jones gives her monthly round-up of what’s been happening in the last few weeks. “While developments have slowed a little for the time being, DB trustees should take a look at...

Sackers welcomes new hires

Sackers today announced the appointment of senior counsel Helen Rowan and associate Schuyler Hillbery, taking the total number of qualified lawyers at the firm to 64. David Saunders, senior partner,...