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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

Investment

Shipbuilders' scheme invests £125m in UK property

The Shipbuilding Industries Pension Scheme (SIPS) has invested £125m in a UK property fund launched by First Property Group.

clock 21 January 2015 •

Corporate Governance

Schemes challenge BP and Shell on risks to climate change

A group of more than 150 shareholders including 13 UK public schemes have filed resolutions to force BP and Shell to disclose risks associated with climate change.

clock 21 January 2015 •

Industry

Aviva to cut 1,500 jobs after Friends Life merger

Aviva will slash around 1,500 jobs if its proposed takeover of Friends Life is approved by shareholders in March.

clock 20 January 2015 •

Investment

Kent LGPS returns to star manager Woodford

The Kent County Council Pension Fund has turned to star manager Neil Woodford to manage its £200m UK equity mandate after dropping his former employer Invesco Perpetual.

clock 19 January 2015 •

Law and Regulation

Local boards could be disaster for LGPS

Stephanie Baxter says local boards will increase complexity, not improve governance

clock 19 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

Fewer than one in four FTSE 100 firms have open DB

The proportion of FTSE 100 companies with sizeable defined benefit (DB) schemes has fallen to just over half, according to research from JLT Employee Benefits (JLT).

clock 19 January 2015 •

Investment

NAPF urges LGPS schemes to merge local boards

Combining local pension boards in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) would strengthen governance standards, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

clock 19 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

Cost cap will 'fundamentally challenge' viability of default funds

Maintaining a diversified investment approach in default solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is increasingly challenging due to cost constraints, according to research.

clock 19 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

Challenging managers on hidden costs

PP looks at why DC trustees are finding it difficult to meet higher cost transparency rules

clock 19 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

Cornwall scheme targets eightfold increase in hedge fund allocation

Cornwall Pension Fund has increased its allocation to hedge funds from 1% to 8% following a strategic review.

clock 16 January 2015 •
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