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Hope William-Smith

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Hope William-Smith is News Editor at Professional Pensions. She joined the magazine in 2019 from Money Marketing where she covered investment, pensions, and financial advice news on the retail side of the market. Hope started work as a cadet at The International Business Times in Sydney and was Features Editor at FEFundInfo in Australia before relocating to the UK. 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.

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Articles by Hope William-Smith

FCA: Stable pensions require 'seamless' regulatory family

Regulation

FCA: Stable pensions require 'seamless' regulatory family

'Working closely with regulators'

clock 14 October 2021 • 4 min read
Govt to simplify pension info and commits to 'statement season' law

Pensions

Govt to simplify pension info and commits to 'statement season' law

Pensions minister speaks at the PLSA’s 2021annual conference

clock 12 October 2021 • 1 min read
Shopping around failure revealed as £130m annuity income 'lost' in 2019

Income

Shopping around failure revealed as £130m annuity income 'lost' in 2019

Pensions Policy Institute says £7,000 per £100,000 pension pot could have been gained

clock 30 September 2021 • 2 min read
DB transfer values hit record highs during August

Pensions

DB transfer values hit record highs during August

XPS Pensions Group index

clock 27 September 2021 • 1 min read
Isio acquires Premier Pensions

Pensions

Isio acquires Premier Pensions

Set to create a combined pensions, investment advisory and employee benefits business

clock 24 September 2021 • 1 min read
No HMRC data on how many savers breach MPAA

Pensions

No HMRC data on how many savers breach MPAA

A freedom of information request submitted by Aegon did not return an answer

clock 21 September 2021 • 1 min read
DWP: 88% of eligible workers enrolled in workplace schemes

Pensions

DWP: 88% of eligible workers enrolled in workplace schemes

The number of savers enrolled in workplace schemes has increased steadily since 2012

clock 02 September 2021 • 5 min read
Transfer request surge sees CETVs back to pre-Covid levels

Pensions

Transfer request surge sees CETVs back to pre-Covid levels

Decline in firms willing to facilitate transfers has not affected members’ interest

clock 26 August 2021 • 1 min read
Lack of support from providers blamed for pension woes - research

Pensions

Lack of support from providers blamed for pension woes - research

Majority of savers lack pension confidence

clock 25 August 2021 • 1 min read
MPAA suitability pressures compounded by Covid - Aegon

Pensions

MPAA suitability pressures compounded by Covid - Aegon

Aegon is reiterating its call for the £4,000 MPAA limit to increase to £10,000

clock 24 August 2021 • 1 min read
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Autumn Budget 2021: Pensions and IHT largely untouched by chancellor

27 October 2021 • 3 min read
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Andrew Megson: Autumn Budget 2021 pension planning predictions

22 October 2021 • 4 min read
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Ten takeaways for advisers from Autumn Budget 2021

27 October 2021 • 9 min read
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Adviser to compensate widow after failing to refund advice fees

19 October 2021 • 2 min read
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Former Work and Pensions Committee chair Lord Frank Field is dying, peer reveals

22 October 2021 • 2 min read