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Hope William-Smith

Hope William-Smith

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Hope William-Smith is editor at Professional Adviser. She first joined Incisive Media as news editor of Professional Pensions in 2019 before becoming deputy editor in 2022. Hope was highly commended for Willis Towers Watson's DB Journalist of the Year in 2021, and shortlisted for Headline Money’s Rising Star of the Year and Financial Health and Life Insurance Journalist of the Year awards in 2019. She graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2015 with a Master of Law, Media and Journalism. Prior to that, she completed a BA in Politics and International Relations at the University of Sydney. Outside of work, she enjoys playing sports, learning languages, and travelling.

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Articles by Hope William-Smith

Industry

Fiduciary managers warned to address ESG incorporation lag

XPS warns ESG risks are not being effectively incorporated into investments

clock 22 July 2021 • 2 min read

Industry

TPR improves on targets against Covid continuation

The regulator has come in at £1.7m below its full-year budget

clock 21 July 2021 • 3 min read

Defined Contribution

WPC hears industry worries on CDC and investment pathways

Pensions industry representatives were questioned by the committee on freedoms

clock 21 July 2021 • 4 min read

Law and Regulation

CDC regulations published but 'job half done' says minister

Industry called on to provide feedback on what schemes must do to become authorised

clock 19 July 2021 • 3 min read

Industry

PMI announces first accredited lay trustee

Derbyshire (LGPS) Pension Board ENT Neil Calvert is the first to be accredited

clock 19 July 2021 • 2 min read

Industry

Industry backs PPI criticism of pension system suitability

Agreement that gender and race inequalities need to be better addressed

clock 16 July 2021 • 2 min read

Industry

Five stories you may have missed this week

11 promotions at Hymans Robertson and a secondary master trust market

clock 16 July 2021 • 1 min read

Industry

FCA pledges to be 'innovative, assertive and adaptive'

The regulator’s commitment comes as it releases its 2021/22 business plan

clock 15 July 2021 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Trustees struggling to reflect ESG beliefs in strategies

Most trustees to not believe their scheme’s ESG policy reflects their preferred approach

clock 15 July 2021 • 2 min read

Industry

CMI: Mortality rates at record low for Q2

The latest CMI update looks at death statistics for week 26 of 2021

clock 14 July 2021 • 1 min read
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