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Partner, Claire Carey, considers HMRC’s guidance on tax issues covering GMP equalisation. Claire said that because the guidance makes clear that an increase to benefits solely for GMP equalisation purposes will not count as ‘benefit accrual’, and so should not result in the loss of fixed protection, those who enjoy fixed protection in respect of...
Stuart O’Brien comments on the UK Sustainable Investment Forum’s (UKSIF) review on ESG which indicated policy failings and “large scale non-compliance among trustees who have mostly failed to...
Sackers has been officially recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer 2020 in the UK. Organisations certified as Top Employers provide the very best working environment for...
Partner, Fuat Sami considers how 2020 will be a busier year for pension schemes. The pension schemes bill heralds an era of tougher governance rules and strengthened member protections, bringing...
Senior Associate, Katharine Swire, considers changes to tax reform in recent years. 2006’s pensions tax ‘simplification’ has been followed by layer upon layer of complexity, and there seems...
Stuart O’Brien, partner comments on a landmark ruling finding that veganism is a philosophical belief and its wider impact in the pensions industry. In the case brought by Jordi Casamitjana,...
Helen Ball, partner, considers the newly authorised master trust sector, bracing itself for further regulatory scrutiny as the supervision regime takes hold. “The regulator is increasing its points...
Sackers has been named “Human Resources – specialist firm of the year (pensions)” at the Legal 500 UK Awards 2020. The Legal 500 UK Awards recognise the best law firms, barristers chambers,...
