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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

BT scheme funding 'on track' despite Mini Budget asset hit

Investment

BT scheme funding 'on track' despite Mini Budget asset hit

Scheme reports £11bn slide in asset values in period prior to BoE intervention

clock 19 October 2022 • 2 min read
Buy-in and buyout volumes hit £12bn in first half of 2022

Risk Reduction

Buy-in and buyout volumes hit £12bn in first half of 2022

Consultant predicts that whole scheme buy-ins and buyouts will dominate market in future

clock 18 October 2022 • 1 min read
BoE responds to Treasury Committee on expanded emergency bond buying

Investment

BoE responds to Treasury Committee on expanded emergency bond buying

Deputy governor explains why additional purchases in index-linked gilts were necessary

clock 18 October 2022 • 3 min read
Bond yields stabilise following statements from Jeremy Hunt and BoE

Investment

Bond yields stabilise following statements from Jeremy Hunt and BoE

Chancellor makes emergency statement as BoE confirms ends of gilt market purchases

clock 17 October 2022 • 1 min read
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rips up Kwasi Kwarteng's Mini Budget

Industry

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rips up Kwasi Kwarteng's Mini Budget

Hunt reverses almost all the tax measures from September's Mini Budget

clock 17 October 2022 • 2 min read
Chancellor to issue statement today in bid to calm markets

Industry

Chancellor to issue statement today in bid to calm markets

Move comes a fortnight earlier than planned

clock 17 October 2022 • 1 min read
The reframing of the LDI narrative will hide a tragedy for both DB and DC schemes

Investment

The reframing of the LDI narrative will hide a tragedy for both DB and DC schemes

Iain Clacher and Con Keating ask what is next for liability-driven investment

clock 14 October 2022 • 5 min read
Yields rise after chancellor replaced and BoE ends gilt market operations

Investment

Yields rise after chancellor replaced and BoE ends gilt market operations

BoE’s bond market operations conclude after buying a total of nearly £20bn of paper

clock 14 October 2022 • 1 min read
Forfeiture rules should give trustees discretion to pay benefits to pensioners

Law and Regulation

Forfeiture rules should give trustees discretion to pay benefits to pensioners

Max Ballad says there should be a statutory override for mandatory forfeiture rules

clock 14 October 2022 • 2 min read
Scheme funding rules will be 'detrimental' to businesses, schemes and growth

Law and Regulation

Scheme funding rules will be 'detrimental' to businesses, schemes and growth

Legislating schemes to buy gilts to match their liabilities could worsen systemic risks

clock 14 October 2022 • 5 min read
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