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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

WSB Awards: Register to enter now!

There is just one week left to register to enter the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards 2018.

clock 23 February 2018 • 2 min read

Employee Benefits

Augmented reality and VR will play a role in benefits communications

Nearly a third (32%) of employers believe new technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, will play a part in benefits communications, latest research from Aon Employee Benefits reveals.

clock 23 February 2018 • 2 min read

Industry

Latest issue - 22 February

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now

clock 21 February 2018 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

Salvus targets DC buyout and legacy member transfers with master trust launch

Salvus Master Trust has launched a new product in a bid to help firms remove the cost of administering the pots of deferred and legacy trust-based defined contribution (DC) members.

clock 21 February 2018 • 1 min read

Industry

Carillion: A shareholder fail?

One of the curiosities of Carillion's failure was how shareholders in the firm seemingly failed to notice the firm's demise.

clock 20 February 2018 • 2 min read

Industry

Pedal the Pond: Team break world record as they complete crossing in 40 days

Raised over £167,000

clock 20 February 2018 • 2 min read

Investment

The road to the beauty parade: How trustees shortlist managers

In the second of a three-part series on choosing asset managers, Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Richard Butcher and Roger Mattingly about how trustees shortlist managers.

clock 19 February 2018 • 10 min read

Employee Benefits

Is it time for the care pension? Gov't urged to combine pensions with care cost insurance

The government has been urged to enable the creation of a new at-retirement product which would combine existing income drawdown arrangements with insurance against future care costs.

clock 19 February 2018 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

WPC urges FCA to ban contingent charging for pensions transfer advice

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has urged the FCA to ban the use of contingent charging for pension transfer advice in its latest report into the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).

clock 15 February 2018 • 3 min read

Investment

Scottish Widows to terminate £109bn asset management deal with Standard Life Aberdeen

Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group's (LBG's) wealth businesses have decided to review their asset management arrangements and terminate their partnership arrangements with Standard Life Aberdeen.

clock 15 February 2018 • 3 min read
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