Pensions Expert has been acquired by DG Publishing, a specialist provider of pensions information and events.
The acquisition from Financial Times Group involves all rights to Pensions Expert’s brand, intellectual property, website and previous content. This includes the annual Pension and Investment Provider Awards (PIPAs) which will continue to recognise outstanding industry achievements in the service of pension schemes.
Commenting on the news, Neil Desmond, joint managing director, DG Publishing said: “Pensions Expert is a publication that we’ve long admired for the quality of its content and fits with our wider strategy to provide good quality content to the whole of the pensions industry.
“The acquisition of a publication of Pensions Expert’s standing is an amazing opportunity to grow our wider offering and activity, building on our already successful conference programmes”.
Brian Gielty, joint managing director, DG Publishing, added: “We believe that great content and good, well-balanced, debate are crucial in helping the industry meet the challenges that it faces.
We are committed to ensuring Pensions Expert continues its tradition of leading the way with expert analysis and insight across the whole pensions industry.”
Carola York, FT Specialist managing director, Europe, said: “Pensions Expert has played an important role in sharing information and encouraging debate in the pensions sector over the last quarter of a century, and we believe that DG Publishing will be an excellent owner for the publication.”
Established in 1997 as Pensions Week, Pensions Expert was the Financial Times’ specialist title for UK workplace pension schemes.
The publication, with its focus on case studies, news analysis and market commentary has provided trustees, management teams and their providers with timely, practical information to inform their day-to-day jobs.
