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Joanna Smith comments in Pensions Age on “the new normal”

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 comments in Employee Benefits on keeping calm about your retirement plans despite the impact of COVID-19

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...

TPR launches interim regime for defined benefit superfunds

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...

Andrew Harper comments on scheme funding during the coronavirus pandemic

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 participates in the development of a new DC Chair’s Statement template

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...

Aaron Dunning-Foreman comments in Corporate Adviser on the potential for claims against DC schemes if member expectations are not met

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...

Sam Dalling comments in IPE magazine on how trustees should prepare themselves now for new ESG deadlines

Associate, Sam Dalling, has written in IPE magazine on the opportunity for trustees to use the COVID-19 lockdown as a chance to better prepare themselves for the impending round of ESG reporting...

Caroline Marshall comments on cyber security in Pensions Aspects

Associate, Caroline Marshall comments on cyber security and the risks to pensions schemes. A cyber incident can mean loss, disruption or damage to a scheme as a result of failures in IT systems and...

Sackers provide legal advice to trustees of IHS (Global) Ltd. Pension and Life Assurance Scheme as part of pension risk transfer deal with L&G

Sackers have provided legal advice to the trustees of the IHS (Global) Ltd. Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, as part of a pension risk transfer (PRT) deal agreed by IHS Markit and Legal &...