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Facilitating financial guidance or advice – the key is a well-managed process

Sackers announces the results of its most recent webinar survey which looked at the number of employers and trustees who are facilitating the provision of financial guidance or advice to members. Just under 50% of respondents* are offering or considering offering some form of guidance or advice. Associate director, Emma Martin, commented: “These results do not...

Buy-in / Buy-out / Longevity
Sackers advises the AIB Group UK Pension Scheme on £61m buy-in with L&G

L&G announces that it has agreed a £61m transaction with the AIB Group UK Pension Scheme to convert a tranche of its existing Assured Payment Policy (APP) into a buy-in policy. Covering both...

Simplification
Sackers pleased to see GMP equalisation optimism

Sackers announces the results of their most recent webinar survey. Partner Janet Brown commented: “After over 20 years in the making, it was starting to feel like GMP equalisation was an issue that...

Checklist
Sackers webinar survey demonstrates need for greater clarity of governance boundaries

Sackers announces the results of their most recent webinar survey. With a new single code in the offing, this showed that the governance concern currently vexing the majority of respondents (59%) was...

Project management
James Bingham discusses TPO’s impact on the pensions industry as it celebrates turning 30

James Bingham, partner comments on The Pensions Ombudsman’s impact on the pensions industry over the past three decades. Read the full article in Pensions Age (page...

ESG and climate change
Stuart O’Brien discusses the upcoming TCFD disclosure requirements in Pensions Age

Stuart O’Brien, partner considers how pension schemes have coped with the requirements already introduced and how they can prepare for the introduction of further climate-related regulations in...

CDC
Emma Martin discusses workplace education and advice in Professional Pensions

Emma Martin, Associate director discusses trustees and employers looking to support members / employees with financial education and advice in the pensions sphere. Read the full article in...

Stuart O’Brien comments on sustainably-invested pensions in Employee Benefits

Stuart O’Brien, partner comments on sustainably-invested pensions being firmly in the spotlight, in Employee Benefits. Read the full article in Employee...