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Stephanie Baxter

Stephanie Baxter

Financial journalist

Stephanie Baxter is a financial journalist at Rhotic Media, and former deputy editor of Professional Pensions.

She joined Professional Pensions as chief correspondent in July 2014 before being promoted to news editor in 2016, and then deputy editor in 2017, before leaving the publication in 2019. In 2020, she joined Rhotic Media.

Stephanie has written across a range of pension topics including fund management, defined benefit scheme funding, local government pensions, and regulation. 

Stephanie has been a financial journalist for eight years.

She joined Professional Pensions from her role as online editor at Global Investor/ISF, a Euromoney-owned title covering the asset servicing, asset management and securities finance sectors. 

Stephanie was awarded Journalist of the Year (Pensions) at the State Street UK Institutional Press Awards 2017.

She was shortlisted as Journalist of the Year at the 2015 Incisive Media Awards, and was also shortlisted as Investor Services & Technology Journalist of the Year in the 2013 State Street UK Institutional Press Awards.

Outside of pensions, Stephanie enjoys running, going to the theatre, ballet and music gigs. 

 

Articles by Stephanie Baxter

Defined Benefit

Morrisons plans to close DB schemes

Morrisons is planning to shut its salary-linked pension schemes in a move that could save it up to £10m a year.

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Defined Contribution

Squeezing asset managers will lower quality in DC

The DC charge cap could push out good quality managers and products, says Stephanie Baxter

clock 03 February 2015 •

Law and Regulation

NAPF urges regulators to define 'good' retirement outcomes

The government and regulators must define ‘good' retirement outcomes to help savers avoid fraud and poor results, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has urged.

clock 02 February 2015 •

Defined Benefit

John Lewis to switch final salary pension to hybrid scheme

John Lewis partnership has decided to switch its final salary pension scheme into a hybrid defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) scheme.

clock 02 February 2015 •

Investment

ShareAction reveals the best and worst asset managers for transparency and stewardship

ShareAction reveals the top and bottom performers

clock 31 January 2015 •

Industry

PMI and NAPF merger plans abandoned

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has decided it will not merge with the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) in order to retain its independence.

clock 30 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

DCLG reveals final rules for local LGPS boards

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has issued final rules for the local pension boards in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

clock 30 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

Does it matter if asset managers are struggling to make money in DC?

PP looks at why asset managers feeling the pinch might not be all good news

clock 30 January 2015 •

Risk Reduction

BT will pay £1.5bn into DB scheme by April to tackle £7bn deficit

BT will pay £1.5bn into its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme by April to tackle a £7bn deficit as part of an agreed recovery plan with the trustees.

clock 30 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

Shell tells shareholders to back climate change risk resolution

Shell has told its shareholders to support a resolution brought against the company to force it to disclose risks associated with climate change.

clock 29 January 2015 •
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