Year: 2025

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Sackers wins Best Pensions Law Firm

Sackers won the award for Best Pensions Law Firm for the fourth year in a row at the Corporate Adviser Awards 2025. The evening celebrated the outstanding achievements across the workplace protection and employee benefits industry –...

Tom Jackman speaking at PLSA Pension Schemes Bill webinar

Tom Jackman joins the panel for the PLSA’s Policy Insights Webinar on the Pension Schemes Bill on Thursday 26 June. This major piece of legislation, set to make its way through Parliament over the next few months, will set the legal...

Naomi Brown discusses “How does your scheme culture affect your risk profile?”

Pensions schemes are increasingly talking about risk. How to identify it, how to mitigate it and how to manage it. Senior counsel Naomi Brown looks at the human factor and asks how risk links with culture. Read Naomi’s article...

Navigating AI in pensions

Partner Ferdy Lovett and associate director Katy Harries were delighted to present a session on navigating AI in pensions at the PMI Trustee Workbench in London on 19 June. AI is becoming more and more commonplace, with a recent survey...

Fiduciary duty: is it time for legislation?

With the government threatening to mandate private markets investment for DC pension schemes, partners Andy Lewis and Stuart O’Brien argue that trustees’ fiduciary duty deserves a more stable, long-term foundation. “Legislative...

Keep calm and run-on

Partner Eleanor Daplyn and senior associate Bethan Rowlands explore the variety of endgame options and strategies available to schemes in a technical supplement published by Pensions Management Institute. Many schemes are finding...

Sackers wins Pensions Lawyers of the year

Sackers was last night crowned Pensions Lawyers of the Year at the Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards 2025. David Saunders, senior partner, said: “This is a real testament to the dedication and collaborative spirit of our team at...

Jacqui Reid comments on small pots – a future route to greater DC consolidation?

Small pots – a future route to greater DC consolidation? Automatic enrolment and frequent job switching have led to a surge in small, dormant pension pots, now a growing challenge for Government. In response, ministers have confirmed...

‘Gamechanger’ Pension Schemes Bill laid in Parliament

The Pension Schemes Bill is being introduced into Parliament today. Intended to “transform the £2 trillion pensions landscape to ensure savers get good returns for each pound they save, and drive investment into the economy”, the wide...