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Holly Roach

Holly Roach

Deputy Editor

Holly Roach is deputy editor at Professional Pensions. She joined the magazine as correspondent in 2018 after completing her undergraduate degree in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She held the role of senior correspondent between 2020 and 2022 and was news editor between 2022 and 2025.

She covers both DB and DC pensions with a focus on pensions administration, risk reduction and pensions dashboards.

She has interviewed notable industry members including the pensions ombudsman, leaders of some of the largest pension schemes and consultancies, and chairs of various pension associations.

She also helps with the running of the Women in Pensions Awards.

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Articles by Holly Roach

PASA publishes paper outlining implications of Data Act 2025 for schemes

Industry

PASA publishes paper outlining implications of Data Act 2025 for schemes

PASA highlights core areas schemes ‘need to understand and act upon’

clock 01 December 2025 • 2 min read
CF Fertilisers and M&G complete £265m combined buy-in transaction

Risk Reduction

CF Fertilisers and M&G complete £265m combined buy-in transaction

The full buy-in for two pension schemes secures the benefits of over 1,350 retirees and deferred members

clock 01 December 2025 • 2 min read
Budget 25: What happened for pensions?

Industry

Budget 25: What happened for pensions?

Salary sacrifice cap, pre-97 inflation protection, DB surplus release, IHT and British Coal scheme

clock 27 November 2025 • 2 min read
TPR urges trustees to help combat 'ruthless' pension scams

Industry

TPR urges trustees to help combat 'ruthless' pension scams

Regulator says industry has ‘critical role’ to play in warning and protecting savers

clock 27 November 2025 • 1 min read
Budget 25: No change to tax-free lump sum is 'welcome' move

Industry

Budget 25: No change to tax-free lump sum is 'welcome' move

The chancellor chose to leave the tax-free lump sum unchanged in the Autumn Budget

clock 26 November 2025 • 3 min read
Industry slams salary sacrifice changes as 'counterintuitive' and 'deeply misguided'

Industry

Industry slams salary sacrifice changes as 'counterintuitive' and 'deeply misguided'

The industry has responded to the chancellor’s decision to cap salary sacrifice for pensions at £2,000

clock 26 November 2025 • 10 min read
Budget 25: Rumours, predictions and possibilities

Industry

Budget 25: Rumours, predictions and possibilities

The industry speculates on tomorrow’s Budget and discusses the impacts of possible reform

clock 25 November 2025 • 8 min read
Diversification must not come at expense of fiduciary duty, PMI warns

Industry

Diversification must not come at expense of fiduciary duty, PMI warns

CEO Gareth Tancred says allocation to private markets must be ‘measured and transparent’

clock 21 November 2025 • 2 min read
XPS Group posts half-year results reporting 13% rise in revenue

Industry

XPS Group posts half-year results reporting 13% rise in revenue

Results show revenues hit £128.5m in the six months to September 2025

clock 20 November 2025 • 2 min read
BBC Pension Scheme completes £6bn longevity swap

Risk Reduction

BBC Pension Scheme completes £6bn longevity swap

Transaction with Zurich and MetLife is second step in scheme’s phased longevity hedging programme

clock 20 November 2025 • 2 min read
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