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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

Industry

Valuing DB liabilities

Jonathan Stapleton asks how we should be valuing defined benefit scheme liabilities and whether the current methodology is fit for purpose

clock 17 October 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

The investment case for private market investment

Private assets are helping some schemes significantly outperform their peers. Jonathan Stapleton asks why UK schemes are not investing more in this asset class

clock 17 October 2016 • 8 min read

Employee Benefits

How group risk is evolving

The group risk market is has evolved significantly over the past year. Nick Martindale looks at how providers are looking to demonstrate value and launch broader health and wellbeing initiatives

clock 13 October 2016 • 11 min read

Defined Contribution

Why we need to put choice in the hands of savers

Catherine Howarth explains why we need to allow savers to have choice when it comes to picking their workplace pension provider

clock 13 October 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

Greater transparency could save average scheme £800k per year

Greater transparency of costs and charges for pension funds could save the average pension fund £800,000 per year, The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) says.

clock 12 October 2016 • 2 min read

Admin / Technology

ABI establishes dedicated pensions dashboard team

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has formed a dedicated team to take forward its pensions dashboard project.

clock 12 October 2016 • 1 min read

Industry

PP editor embarks on Three Peaks Challenge

Professional Pensions editor Helen Morrissey is to begin the Three Peaks Challenge - climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon within 24 hours - tomorrow morning.

clock 07 October 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Are we wrong about how to value DB liabilities?

In a letter to the editor, retired actuary Richard Abramson explains why both Dan Mikulskis and Con Keating could be wrong about how to value DB liabilities…

clock 07 October 2016 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

BT creates global flex benefits scheme

BT has appointed Benefex to run a harmonised flexible benefits scheme for its global workforce.

clock 06 October 2016 • 1 min read

Employee Benefits

HRDs not satisfied with strategic employee benefit performance

Over half of human resource professionals are unsatisfied at the strategic performance of their organisation's employee benefit package, LCP research finds.

clock 22 September 2016 • 2 min read
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