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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 publish their SIPs as the ESG regulations...
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 employees through their progressive...
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 with it a lot of work for trustees. Read...
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 to be a growing consensus around making...
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, it was claimed that he was unfairly...
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 of interaction with master trusts.”...
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, in-house lawyers and general counsel...
