Year: 2024

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Emily Rowley speaks at the Pensions Age Autumn Conference

Associate director Emily Rowley speaks at this year’s Pensions Age Autumn Conference on DB consolidation. Emily and David Taylor, Executive Board Member and General Counsel of the Pension Protection Fund, discuss the process and legal...

Sackers advises on £1.3bn buy-in for Coats UK Pension Scheme

The Trustee of the Coats UK Pension Scheme has completed a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation for £1.3bn. The transaction follows the scheme’s £350m buy-in with Aviva in 2022 and means that the scheme is fully insured and the...

Jacqui Reid speaks at Hymans DC decumulation webinar

Partner Jacqui Reid joined a panel discussing recent developments in DC Decumulation at a webinar hosted by Hymans Robertson on 25 September. The panel looked at: Member wants and needs in retirement. TPR’s decumulation aims,...

What does the next five years hold for DC pensions under the Labour Government?

Emily Rowley, associate director, has written an article for Corporate Adviser, where she explores what the next five years could look like for DC pensions after the Labour Party were elected on a ‘change’ manifesto. In her...

Naomi Brown sets out five reasons to include lawyers in trustee meetings

Naomi Brown, senior counsel, has written an article for Professional Pensions where she sets out five reasons why it is beneficial to include your lawyer in trustee meetings and how it can help them to deliver tailored advice in an...

Georgina Jones comments on the benefit of consolidating pension pots

The value of small, lost or forgotten pension pots is estimated to have increased to around £26.6 billion in recent years, according to a briefing note by The Pensions Policy Institute’s published in October 2022. Georgina Jones,...

Emily Rowley shortlisted in Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards 2024

We are delighted that associate director Emily Rowley has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Lawyer of the Year’ category in this year’s Professional Pensions ‘Rising Star’ awards. Emily is shortlisted alongside 11 other...

Janet Brown comments on new DB funding code laid before Parliament

Janet Brown partner, Sackers comments: “Marking the next step in the journey towards the new DB funding regime, TPR’s code of practice was laid before Parliament today. Several years in the making, the new DB funding regime will...