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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

LGPS pools face challenges by delayed regulation overhaul

The delay in finalising major changes to the local government pension scheme's investment regulations is already causing problems for pooling, funds have warned.

clock 27 July 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Contribution

'Squeezed' savers sacrifice pensions but half willing to seek advice

Third of 35-44-year-olds paying for 'here and now'

clock 27 July 2016 • 3 min read

Investment

LGPS pooling: what are the final plans?

The LGPS funds have sent their full proposals for pooling to the government. Stephanie Baxter looks at the final details of the eight pools.

clock 26 July 2016 • 5 min read

Investment

FTSE 100 holds onto gains as BP hit by 'final' $5.2bn oil spill charge

UK blue chips up 0.2%

clock 26 July 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Annuity complaints fall to pre-pension freedom levels

All other pension complaints up

clock 26 July 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Watchdog urges trustees to beef up DC governance

The Pensions Regulator has called on defined contribution (DC) trustees to improve governance after revealing many small schemes are lagging behind.

clock 20 July 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Top five priorities for pension policy

With MP Richard Harrington replacing Baroness Ros Altmann in a more junior role, what should the under-secretary of state for pensions prioritise over the next year?

clock 20 July 2016 • 4 min read

Industry

Man Group chief Manny Roman to join PIMCO as CEO

Steps down at end of August

clock 20 July 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Has the Law Commission's fiduciary duty review been successful?

Two years have passed since the Law Commission's landmark review that attempted to clear up confusion over trustees' fiduciary duties. Stephanie Baxter finds despite some initial progress there is much more work to be done.

clock 12 July 2016 • 5 min read

Defined Contribution

Getting ready for the new DC code

Trustees will soon need to comply with the regulator's updated DC framework, but drafts of the final code have left them considering the future of their schemes. James Phillips reports

clock 08 July 2016 • 4 min read
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