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How can I help you? Handling member queries the right way

Naomi Brown, senior counsel, outlines steps trustees can follow for clear communications in her article for Professional Pensions.  Read it...

Sackers advises the Nationwide Pension Fund on its £172m buy-in

Nationwide Pension Fund has completed a £172m buy-in with Canada Life for pensioner members in its Cheshire and Derbyshire section. Catherine Redmond, chair of trustees, welcomed the buy-in,...

Stuart O’Brien comments in Pensions Age on how the strength of its employer covenant may influence a pension scheme’s sustainable investing appetite

Stuart O’Brien, partner, comments in Pensions Age on how schemes with a weak employer covenant may find it hard to prioritise an ESG strategy. Read the full article here (from page...

Hannah Savill writes in Pensions Aspects on top tips for improving scheme data

Hannah Savill, associate, offers advice on steps to improve poor quality scheme data without breaking the bank. Read the full article here (page...

Kirsty Pake writes in Pensions Expert on the new statutory transfer regime

Kirsty Pake, associate director, has written in Pensions Expert on the new statutory transfer regime and the challenges for trustees and administrators. Read the full article...

Sackers advises Air Canada (UK) Pension Trust Fund on £380m buy-in with PIC

The Trustee of the Air Canada (UK) Pension Trust Fund has secured a whole scheme buy-in with full residual risks coverage from inception with PIC. Sackers has advised the scheme for many years and...

Sackers joins LGBT Great as its first corporate member law firm

Sackers has joined diversity & inclusion organisation LGBT Great as its first corporate member law firm. The firm plans to partner with LGBT Great to enhance its organisational approach towards...

Claire van Rees and Stuart O’Brien comment in The Sunday Times on superfunds and TCFD reporting

Partners Claire van Rees and Stuart O’Brien have commented in The Sunday Times on superfunds and TCFD reporting respectively. Read their comments on page 2 and 5 of the publication...