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Jonathan Stapleton

Jonathan Stapleton

Jonathan is editor of Professional Pensions and Workplace Savings & Benefits (WSB).

He started work as a journalist on a capital markets magazine called Central European in 2000 before joining an internet start-up called ii-Q.com, a pensions news service.

Jonathan joined Professional Pensions in July 2001 and has been there, barring a nine month sabbatical in 2004, ever since. He launched PP Online in 2006, became deputy editor of Professional Pensions in 2008, editor in 2009, launched WSB in 2012 and became editor-in-chief of both brands in 2014.

Jonathan has won a number of awards throughout his career - most recently the Society of Pension Professionals' Journalist of the Year Award 2019 - and is holder of the Pension Management Institute's Retirement Provision Certificate.

Outside of pensions, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his son, helping to run a Scout troop and trying (unsuccessfully so far) to improve his very sluggish 5km running time.

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Articles by Jonathan Stapleton

Admin / Technology

Local Pensions Partnership awards Civica £3.6m software contract

Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) has appointed Civica as its cloud software provider in a five-year deal valued at £3.6m.

clock 30 March 2021 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

TPR publishes policy statement on settlements

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its settlement policy — setting out its approach for negotiating and concluding settlements of its regulatory or civil enforcement action.

clock 26 March 2021 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

TPR: Increasing number of firms to look to consolidators and superfunds as funding improves

Companies are increasingly looking to consolidators, superfunds and other sophisticated financial structures to help remove their defined benefit (DB) liabilities, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

clock 25 March 2021 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Industry working group formed to tackle small pension pots problem

An industry co-ordination group has been established to take forward the recommendations of the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP’s) small pension pots working group.

clock 24 March 2021 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

PRAG publishes guidance on investment disclosure requirements for pension scheme annual reports

The Pensions Research Accountants Group (PRAG) has published a guidance note to help practitioners understand the latest investment disclosure requirements.

clock 24 March 2021 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

Exclusive: Smart Pension commits £100m to DC private market default strategy with Natixis IM

The Smart Pension Master Trust has allocated £100m of its default assets to seed a blended private market illiquids fund being launched by Natixis Investment Managers.

clock 23 March 2021 • 3 min read

Industry

SPP calls for urgent clarifications to keep dashboard programme on track

Urgent clarity is needed in seven key areas in order to keep the pensions dashboard timetable on track, the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) says.

clock 19 March 2021 • 9 min read

Law and Regulation

Regulation of actuarial profession to be overhauled as part of BEIS reforms

The government has put forward proposals to introduce a strengthened, statutory basis for the regulation of the actuarial profession.

clock 18 March 2021 • 4 min read

Industry

Capita sets out further restructure plans to 'simplify' business; Pensions unit to shift to new 'Experience' division

clock 17 March 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Asset managers keeping trustees in the dark on holding companies to account

Trustees are being kept in the dark by asset managers on how they oversee the investments, research from Dalriada Trustees shows.

clock 15 March 2021 • 2 min read
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