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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

Employee Benefits

Group risk industry posts 8% rise in claims during 2017; Cancer and mental health main causes of claims

A total of over £1.6bn was paid out by the group risk industry during 2017, a £120.5m increase on 2016, latest data from Group Risk Development (GRiD) shows.

clock 30 April 2018 • 2 min read

Investment

DC musings: The future of UK retirement income drawdown products

Newton Investment Management's series of DC columns continues with Gerald D Rehn of BNY Mellon forecasting innovation in the market

clock 26 April 2018 • 3 min read

Industry

Latest issue - 26 April

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now

clock 25 April 2018 • 1 min read

Admin / Technology

Revealed: The top five third-party administrators and software providers

The Professional Pensions Administration Survey 2018 reveals the rankings of the best third-party administrators and software providers for pension schemes.

clock 25 April 2018 • 7 min read

Industry

Are admin costs finally starting to make sense?

This year's Professional Pensions Administration Survey finds fewer schemes are seeing cost reductions. Jonathan Stapleton wonders whether common sense has been found in the TPA market.

clock 24 April 2018 • 1 min read

Industry

Capita to merge HR businesses into single division as part of transformation plan

Capita has set out plans to transform its business and raise £701m in additional capital at the same time as it unveiled a £513.1m annual loss.

clock 23 April 2018 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

RSA report reignites debate over flat-rate tax relief reform

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) has reignited the debate on the introduction of flat-rate pensions tax relief - saying a 30% flat rate would be progressive, cost-neutral and leave three-quarters of earners better off.

clock 18 April 2018 • 5 min read

Industry

Latest issue - 19 April

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now

clock 18 April 2018 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

Staying true to values: B&CE celebrates 75th anniversary

B&CE turned 75 in October last year. Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Patrick Heath-Lay about how the not-for-profit provider has evolved since it was founded in 1942.

clock 18 April 2018 • 9 min read

Employee Benefits

Number covered by employer-sponsored group risk policies rises by 3.1% in 2017

The number of people covered by employer-sponsored group risk policies increased by 3.1% in 2017, Swiss Re's Group Watch 2018 reveals.

clock 13 April 2018 • 2 min read
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