Straight Talking From Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells’ leveraged loans specialists Paul Mullen, Global Head of Banking & Loan Finance, and senior consultant Susan Whitehead have a wide-ranging discussion about the impact of high interest rates and other challenging market conditions on the European mid-market leveraged loans market. They cover whether documentation terms for existing deals might help portfolio companies who have borrowed in the last few years, how the originations market for new financings is faring, and whether they are seeing documentation terms changing in response to the challenging conditions.

Hogan Lovells’ Robert Gardener, Director of Government Affairs in London, and Aaron Cutler, Government Relations and Public Affairs (GRPA) partner based in Washington D.C., discuss the forthcoming political elections happening on both sides of the Atlantic. Amongst other things, they consider how resulting changes in governmental approach may impact our financial institutions clients, including the future approach to ESG.

In the first 2024 episode of HL PensionsPod, Katie Banks, Partner, and Jim Davis, Senior Associate, discuss what a capital-backed journey plan is, who would use a capital-backed journey plan, what trustees should be thinking about when considering a capital-backed journey plan, and more.    To listen to other episodes of HL PensionsPod, click here: The HL PensionsPod - Hogan Lovells Engage   To listen to episode of our other podcast series, HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: all episodes - Hogan Lovells Engage

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including highlights to the Finance Bill, TPR on cybersecurity, capital-backed journey plans, the Autumn Statement and thoughts from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the HM Treasury on financial advice.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the new pensions minister, highlights of the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Statement, news on the Mansion House Reforms, TPR’s blog on helping savers to access their DC pensions savings and the Department of Work and Pensions’ review of the master trust. To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including TPR’s regulatory and criminal action taken against the former owner of Norton Motorcycles; TPR’s speech at the Mansion House Pensions Summit; The Pensions Dashboards Programme progress update report; Mr W PO determination on pension transfers “amber flags”; CMG Court of Appeal: is the Pensions Ombudsman a “competent court”?   To register for our recent developments in pensions seminar on 28 November 2023, click here: Seminar invitation | Recent Developments in Pensions | 28 November 2023 (ehoganlovells.com)   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the plethora of papers from the PLSA Annual Conference, TPR’s thoughts on dashboards and getting tougher, an update on small pots, a new investment vehicle for pension schemes, and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure.   To register for our recent developments in pensions seminar on 28 November 2023, click here: Seminar invitation | Recent Developments in Pensions | 28 November 2023 (ehoganlovells.com)   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL PensionsPod, pension Partner Duncan Buchanan is joined by pension Associate Jade Rigby to discuss climate reporting for pension schemes. Join us to find out what exactly TCFD means, what schemes climate reporting applies to, the key obligations to look out for and more. To listen to other episodes of HL PensionsPod, click here: The HL PensionsPod - Hogan Lovells Engage To listen to episode of our other podcast series, HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: all episodes - Hogan Lovells Engage

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the consultation on general levy regulations, a case on automatic enrolment compliance, the Department of Work and Pensions’ review of the Pensions Regulator, the PPF’s new Trustmark accreditation, cybersecurity notifications, and a Pensions Ombudsman’s case on pension transfer.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the latest from TPR, the PPF levy consultation and an update on the automatic enrolment bill.   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including changes to defined contribution guidance, pensions transfers for vulnerable customers, an update on Pension Wise and climate developments. To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the three court cases involving the Pension Protection Fund, BBC and Universities Superannuation Scheme, new PASA guidance on defined benefit accuracy data, TPR superfund guidance and LCP findings on sole trustees and the bulk annuity market. To sign up to our trustee training day on 13 September, click here: https://ehoganlovells.com/rv/ff00af15fa2da7c2f87026a3e246ae9375995757 To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the draft legislation on the lifetime allowance, an update on the Virgin Media case, the latest developments on Pensions Dashboards, and more. To sign up to our trustee training day on 13 September, click here: https://ehoganlovells.com/rv/ff00af15fa2da7c2f87026a3e246ae9375995757 To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions, including the Mansion House speech, new consultations, and more. To sign up to our trustee training day on 13 September, click here: https://ehoganlovells.com/rv/ff00af15fa2da7c2f87026a3e246ae9375995757 To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions.   To sign up to our trustee training day on 13 September, click here: https://ehoganlovells.com/rv/ff00af15fa2da7c2f87026a3e246ae9375995757    To access a recording from Hogan Lovells recent developments in pensions webinar, 21 June 2023, click here: https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/events/recent-developments-in-pensions-21-june-2023   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions

In this latest episode, Ivan Zapien, Tim Bergreen, and Ches Garrison are joined by Kolo Rathburn, an associate on the Hogan Lovells Government Relations and Public Affairs team to review the passage of the debt limit bill and the possibility of a government shutdown at the end of September. Additionally, the speakers dive into the subject of appropriations and the politics driving this process in both chambers of Congress.

Don’t miss finance industry thought leader Simon Taylor of Sardine and Fintech Brainfood and our own Bryony Widdup, the co-leader of our Sustainable Investment & Finance practice, in conversation about just what role crypto and digital assets really played in the recent banking industry earthquakes.

Don’t miss finance industry thought leader Simon Taylor of Sardine and Fintech Brainfood and our own Bryony Widdup, the co-leader of our Sustainable Investment & Finance practice, in conversation about just what role crypto and digital assets really played in the recent banking industry earthquakes.

In this episode of HL PensionsPod, Beth Sheehan, a Senior Associate in the Pensions team, is joined by Sara Marinoni, an Associate in the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity team, to discuss the topical issue of cyber incidents and how trustees can prepare and respond to them.

In this first episode of our news podcast series, HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells pensions Partner Claire Southern gives a rundown of the last two weeks in the world of pensions.   To sign up to the Hogan Lovells recent developments in pensions webinar on 21 June 2023, click here: https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/events/recent-developments-in-pensions-21-june-2023   To view more content from the Hogan Lovells pensions team, click here: https://www.engage.hoganlovells.com/knowledgeservices/pensions"