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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

Carillion highlights importance of corporate investigations

Baroness Ros Altmann says more DB trustees should seek independent forensic analysis on the sponsor's business and financial position

clock 06 June 2018 • 3 min read

Investment

How South Yorkshire Pensions Authority is protecting itself against a major market fall

The local authority pension fund recently bought protection for its £2.6bn equity portfolio ahead of its 2019 valuation. Stephanie Baxter looks at how the strategy works

clock 06 June 2018 • 5 min read

Investment

Italy averts political crisis but uncertainty remains high

Markets were spooked last week by the prospect of an Italian snap election, raising concerns over its future position in the EU. While a government has been formed, it is too soon to sound the all-clear, writes Stephanie Baxter

clock 05 June 2018 • 5 min read

Investment

De-risking the growth portfolio

David Curtis says pension funds can take risk off the table without damaging their ability to access returns

clock 04 June 2018 • 3 min read

Investment

Fiduciary management standard wins support of third-party evaluators

The newly-launched Fiduciary Management Performance Standard has gained support from the biggest providers of independent evaluation services to pension funds.

clock 01 June 2018 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

Updated: Former FSA-chief Hector Sants named as single guidance body chair

Former Financial Services Association (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants has been appointed as chair of the new, incoming single financial guidance and claims body.

clock 31 May 2018 • 2 min read

Investment

LGIM chief executive to retire

Legal & General Investment Management's chief executive is to retire in August next year, the board of Legal & General Group announced today.

clock 31 May 2018 • 1 min read

Industry

The why, what and how of diversity

Alison Hatcher looks at why it is so important to improve diversity in the pensions sector, and how to do it

clock 30 May 2018 • 4 min read

Law and Regulation

The danger of lamenting 'it's not fair' in pensions

Hilary Salt says by blurring the line between what is legally required and what 'feels fair', we create uncertainty about what is and isn't allowed

clock 30 May 2018 • 3 min read

Investment

Success for LGPS transparency code as 65 managers sign up in a year

Almost all listed asset managers have now signed up to the transparency code that launched 12 months ago to help local government funds get better cost data, writes Stephanie Baxter

clock 25 May 2018 • 6 min read
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