Harriet Sayer

Sep 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Ailie Murray |Harriet Sayer

Partner Ailie Murray from our Employment team, and Senior Counsel Harriet Sayer from our Pensions team together sit down with Barbara Wilson, Founder and Director of Working With Cancer – an organisation comprised of trainers, coaches and policy advisors who are senior professionals from a wide range of industries with experience living with cancer, bringing insight to support others enduring the same.

Apr 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Susie Daykin |Daniel Gerring |Niamh Hamlyn |David James |Andy Lewis |Dan Naylor | +6 more

IntroductionFunding and Investment modules: overviewWhat's new and what's not included? Next stepsComplying with the Code1. Introduction The Pensions Regulator's General Code of Practice (the Code) took effect on 28 March 2024 and sets out its expectations for good governance in occupational, personal and public service pension schemes. This includes expectations around funding and investment matters.

Feb 19, 2024 | lexology.com | Susie Daykin |Daniel Gerring |Jonathan Gilmour |Niamh Hamlyn |Peter Hughes |David James | +5 more

The Government has laid before Parliament the final regulations concerning the funding and investment strategy requirements to be introduced by the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (the "Regulations"). The Regulations set out new principles that will govern how defined benefit (DB) schemes will have to be funded, alongside an integrated investment strategy, based on a long-term objective for providing benefits (for example buy-out, consolidation or run-off).

Jan 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Susie Daykin |Daniel Gerring |Niamh Hamlyn |David James |Andy Lewis |Dan Naylor | +3 more

The Pensions Regulator has published its General Code of Practice, setting out its expectations for good governance in occupational, personal and public service pension schemes. The Code has been laid before Parliament and is expected to take effect on 27 March 2024. What does the Code cover and how will it be applied? The Code consolidates and replaces 10 of the Regulator's 16 existing codes of practice into an updated, online version.

Dec 22, 2023 | mondaq.com | Andy Lewis |Harriet Sayer

In this session from the recent PMI's ESG and Climate Summit (December 2023), Pensions Partner Andy Lewis and Senior Counsel Harriet Sayer looked at how law and regulation, including the recent output from the Taskforce on Social Factors, might help support and guide schemes with moving social factors up the agenda. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.