01 February 2017 
Matt Sisson, Projects and Membership Manager
If you have an hour free on the 21st February, you might be interested in an interactive webinar on sector pensions, run by Barnett Waddingham. The webinar runs from 11am-12am, and offers “a clear explanation of the important changes to pensions taxation – helping you provide the right support to your staff. Topics will include Tapered Annual Allowance, Lifetime Allowance and the new forms of Lifetime Allowance protections, risks of large pension tax bills, and retirement planning. Graham Cooper, senior pensions consultant, and Paul Hamilton, head of higher education, will both be on hand to answer questions at the end of the webinar. Click here for more information and to register.
In other pensions news, USS has collaborated with Credit Suisse to seek out higher income investments. The scheme has purchased most of a £3.1bn portfolio of loans to private equity and asset management groups, which in turn lend to medium-sized businesses in place of traditional bank lending. The Swiss bank will "manage the pool of loans and arrange new financing for USS on the same basis", the FT reports.
