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Partner, Jacqui Reid comments on employer trusts considering a switch to a master trust and what needs to be considered to ensure the quality of the trustees on the board of the receiving entity. Jacqui says: “Transferring trustees will quite often look to the receiving scheme trustees and conduct due diligence on them when they...
We are thrilled that partner Jacqui Reid has been shortlisted as Lawyer of the Year in Professional Pensions’ Women in Pensions Awards 2020, in recognition of her stellar work supporting a...
Janet Brown, partner says the Pensions Ombudsman will take The Pensions Regulator’s guidance on board when dealing with member complaints referable to this period. But with everyone working...
Joanna Smith, Partner, shares her tips to make working from home run that bit more smoothly as face-to-face meetings and travelling into the office declines. Read the full article in Pensions...
Emma Martin, associate director, comments in Employee Benefits on the impact of COVID-19 on retirement savings, urging those worried about seeing their pension pots diminish not to panic. Any rash...
Today The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have published regulatory guidance for those setting up and running defined benefit (DB) superfunds. Since the DWP’s consultation on consolidation of defined...
Associate, Andrew Harper comments on scheme funding arrangements during these unprecedented times. Trustees who are currently negotiating a valuation should be considering what they can do to protect...
Sackers is delighted to have contributed to the development of a new template for the DC Chair’s Statement for pension scheme trustees. Produced by the DC Governance Group, the template provides a...
Associate, Aaron Dunning-Foreman, has written in Corporate Adviser on the potential for a rise in claims from members of Defined Contribution (DC) schemes if their expectations around the performance...
