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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

Retirement

Two-in-three DB sponsors issue profit warnings in 2020

90% relate to Covid-19

clock 26 October 2020 • 2 min read

Your profession

Appoint a minister for scam prevention, government urged

The government should consider handing to a minister the specific responsibility for tackling the growing number of scams across the finance sector, AJ Bell says.

clock 12 October 2020 • 2 min read

Retirement

Pension Schemes Bill will be law by the end of the year

'Pecking order'

clock 16 September 2020 • 1 min read

Retirement

Schemes face 'multi-million pound' dashboard compliance bill

Pensions schemes will face significant additional working costs reaching into the millions of pounds to prepare their data for the pensions dashboard, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

clock 26 August 2020 • 2 min read

Your profession

Aegon Asset Management set to complete Kames Capital rebrand

Branding shake-up

clock 04 August 2020 • 1 min read

Retirement

TPO: Just 5% of investigations need an ombudsman decision

Transfers most complained about

clock 20 July 2020 • 2 min read

Pensions

'Busy summer ahead' as pensions dashboard project gathers pace

PP Live events

clock 15 July 2020 • 3 min read

Retirement

Ombudsman warns Work and Pensions Committee over Covid-19 scams 'inundation'

£5m lost to fraud between February and June

clock 09 July 2020 • 2 min read

Retirement

Government suffers defeats in House of Lords over Pension Schemes Bill

Amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill passed by peers in the House of Lords last night will see a wide-ranging suite of reforms for the pensions industry draw another step closer.

clock 01 July 2020 • 4 min read

Retirement

Transfer figures soar as £10bn leaves DB schemes in three months

'Intense scrutiny'

clock 01 July 2020 • 2 min read