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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

How China's bond market is opening up to foreign investors

China is gradually opening up its bond market to foreign investors. Robin Creswell looks at how the market is evolving

clock 18 July 2017 • 3 min read

Industry

Latest issue - 20 July 2017

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now. Click here to read it.

clock 18 July 2017 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Do the FCA's proposals for DB transfers go far enough?

Jon Hatchett looks at the FCA's proposals for advice on pension transfers, highlighting some issues with its recommendations and pointing out some glaring omissions

clock 18 July 2017 • 4 min read

Law and Regulation

Is it time to provide equality for cohabiting couples?

Jonathan Stapleton asks if it is time to extend pensions equality to cohabiting couples

clock 17 July 2017 • 2 min read

Industry

Professional Pensions wins ShareAction accolade

Professional Pensions has won the ShareAction award for best coverage of responsible investment issues.

clock 14 July 2017 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

A 21st Century witch-hunt: s72 and The Pensions Regulator

Robin Ellison says the regulator now sees trustees as 'inefficient and lazy' people who need 'prodding and punishing' into compliance.

clock 14 July 2017 • 4 min read

Defined Benefit

The challenges of DB transfers

Transfers out of defined benefit schemes have increased substantially over the past year. Charlotte Moore looks at the challenges this is posing for schemes

clock 13 July 2017 • 7 min read

Industry

Latest issue - 13 July 2017

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now. Click here to read it.

clock 12 July 2017 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

Landmark Supreme Court ruling extends same-sex survivor benefits to pre-2005 accrual

The Supreme Court has ruled an exemption in the Equality Act, which allows schemes to exclude same-sex partners from spousal benefits accrued before December 2005, is discriminatory and breaches EU equality laws.

clock 12 July 2017 • 3 min read

Admin / Technology

Administration: To outsource or not to outsource

The third-party administration market has seen an influx of schemes outsourcing for the first time. Daniel Taylor asks whether schemes should outsource or stay in-house

clock 07 July 2017 • 3 min read
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