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Finance & investment briefing – December 2020

Our Finance & investment briefing (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Consultation: taking action on climate risk Confirming compliance with the CMA Order Brexit Legal...

Finance & investment briefing – September 2020

Our Finance & investment briefing (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Implementation statements – start preparations! Legal...

Reminder! Changes to Investment disclosure and governance

Introduction Trustees of occupational pension schemes should be preparing for a second raft of changes to their statements of investment principles (“SIPs”) and the introduction of implementation statements. They must also ensure that...

Buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity solutions

A guide for trustees 2020 2019 was another record-breaking year for the industry and we are delighted to have advised on some of the most significant transactions. These included 13 separate bulk annuity transactions, with an aggregate...

Finance & investment briefing – March 2020

Our Finance & investment briefing takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this issue, we are pleased to present an overview of our involvement in the ever increasing buy-in / buy-out market. Over the...

Sackers ESG survey for pension schemes: Summary report – key themes and Sackers views

In July 2019 we surveyed 102 trustees and pension scheme managers to gain a better understanding of what pension funds are doing, or intending to do, in response to the various new and updated regulations surrounding environmental, social...

Further changes to SIPs and investment disclosure

Introduction The Shareholders Rights Directive (“SRDII”) had to be transposed into UK law by 10 June 2019. On 6 June 2019, the Government published the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment and Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations...