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Sackers signs up to the Living Pension Scheme

Sackers is proud to have been accredited as a Living Pension employer for 2024, joining other early adopters such as Aviva, Phoenix and Wealthify. The Living Pension Scheme, launched last year, helps workers save enough for retirement....

DWP publishes final DB funding regulations

Janet Brown, partner, comments: “The new DB funding regime is inching its way towards the DB dance floor, but the DWP Funding regulations are still missing their partner, with the DB Code (and the TPR Fast-Track guidance) still to...

TPR deadlines
Pensions tax – all change from 6 April 2024

In a guest article for Pensions Age, partner Lucy Dunbar takes a look at the main changes and explains what they mean for pension schemes. She concludes: “As the Finance Bill is still making its way through parliament, and further HMRC...

Sackers advises on £1.4bn transaction for Rexam Pension Plan

The Trustees of the Rexam Pension Plan, sponsored by Ball Corporation, have completed a £1.4bn full buy-in with Rothesay, securing the benefits of almost 15,000 members of the Scheme including 9,790 pensioners and a further 4,330 deferred...

Sackers retains Top Employer status for 2024

Sackers has been recertified as a Top Employer 2024  in recognition of our excellent people policies and practices. Debbie Holmes, HR Director, said “We are delighted to have won this award again which really showcases our commitment to...

A pot for life – Emily Whitelock discusses pensions engagement

In an article for Employee Benefits, senior associate Emily Whitelock discusses the issue of ‘the proliferation of small pots’, and how DWP intends to tackle this. Emily looks at how increased registration due to automatic-enrolment...

Helen Ball comments on the biggest challenge for the industry in 2024

Partner Helen Ball contributes to the January 2024 edition of Pensions Age magazine. With a lot of noise surrounding new policy initiatives that could bring changes to us all, Helen considers what the biggest challenge for the industry...