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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

Investment

Origination: Key to success in direct lending

Origination is a powerful tool. A strong origination capability can provide access to high-quality loans, and consequently, generates strong and resilient returns in a low-yield environment. Here Patrick Marshall assesses how our unique origination strategy...

clock 02 February 2018 • 4 min read

Industry

UPDATED: Capita shares plunge by over 40%; Frank Field intervenes over pension deficit

Shares in Capita have fell by over 40% this morning after the outsourcing firm announced it had suspended its dividend and initiated a multi-year transformation plan.

clock 31 January 2018 • 2 min read

Industry

Women in Pensions Awards 2018: Nominations Open

Professional Pensions has launched the inaugural Women in Pensions Awards to celebrate the achievements of women working in pensions or acting as a trustee. Find out how to nominate here…

clock 31 January 2018 • 6 min read

Investment

Applying ESG Analysis to Sovereign Bonds

Integrating ESG into sovereign risk analysis adds a holistic and long-term perspective, which can lead to better portfolio construction, says PIMCO's Lupic Rahman

clock 30 January 2018 • 3 min read

Defined Benefit

Carillion blocked trustee requests for negative pledge undertakings and formal support structures

Carillion trustees received advice in 2012 to implement a progressive dividend policy and put in place other undertakings and support structures but these recommendations were rebuffed by the sponsor, correspondence has revealed.

clock 30 January 2018 • 2 min read

Industry

Latest issue - 1 February

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now

clock 30 January 2018 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

The [pension] politician's fallacy

"We must do something, this is something, therefore we must do this," is the politician's fallacy famously expounded by Sir Humphrey Appleby in the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister.

clock 30 January 2018 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

New legislation isn't needed to get the benefits of DB consolidation

The benefits promised by scheme consolidation are available today. Patrick Bloomfield asks why more trustees and sponsors aren't taking advantage of them

clock 29 January 2018 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

TPR considering anti-avoidance action following Carillion collapse

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has told the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) it has launched a probe to decide whether there is any basis for using its anti-avoidance powers with regards to Carillion.

clock 29 January 2018 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Frank Field brands TPR's approach to Carillion as 'tentative and apologetic'

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has provided little evidence of hard action despite being aware of problems at Carillion since at least 2008, Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman Frank Field has said.

clock 29 January 2018 • 3 min read
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