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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

Local Pensions Partnership: What we have learned from pooling

The LPP pool was one of the first to emerge from the Local Government Pension Scheme. Michael O'Higgins speaks to Stephanie Baxter about the journey towards pooling

clock 29 March 2018 • 7 min read

Law and Regulation

TPR unveils master trust code of practice for consultation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published for consultation its draft code of practice for authorising and supervising master trusts.

clock 27 March 2018 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Unsuitable advice prompts FCA U-turn on DB transfer assumption

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has abandoned plans to drop the unsuitable defined benefit (DB) transfer assumption as a result of concerns about unsuitable advice being given in the area.

clock 27 March 2018 • 2 min read

Regulation

FCA eyes contingent charging ban in DB transfer advice

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed it is considering whether to implement a ban on contingent charging for pension transfer advice.

clock 27 March 2018 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Shadow minister: The white paper has been a long time coming and is a missed opportunity

Jack Dromey MP says the government had an opportunity to properly tackle the widespread problems facing DB schemes

clock 26 March 2018 • 3 min read

Investment

Brunel gets FCA authorisation ahead of LGPS pooling deadline

The Brunel Pension Partnership has become the fourth local authority pool to receive the green light from the regulator.

clock 21 March 2018 • 1 min read

Investment

'Picture remains bleak' despite inflation fall to 2.7% in February

UK inflation fell to 2.7% in February 2018 from 3% a month earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed, a larger decline than analysts expected.

clock 20 March 2018 • 1 min read

Regulation

Eight retirement income questions the FCA and TPR want answered

The FCA and TPR are seeking input on how best to collaborate in regulating the retirement income market over the coming decade, in the wake of the introduction of both pension freedom and auto-enrolment.

clock 20 March 2018 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

TPR Future: How the regulator is evolving

The pensions watchdog has been through some testing times and is making significant changes to the way it regulates. Speaking to Stephanie Baxter, Mark Boyle takes stock and looks to the future

clock 19 March 2018 • 7 min read

Industry

Women in Pensions Awards: Nominees revealed

Here it is… The full list of the individuals and organisations that have been nominated for the inaugural Women in Pensions Awards.

clock 15 March 2018 • 5 min read
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