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Martin Scott

gunnercooke LLP
Martin has been a pension lawyer for 25 years with wide experience of providing advice to trustees and employers of household name companies. He has worked for some of the largest pension schemes on some of the most complex and innovative areas, particularly in the de-risking and investment fields. He has deep experience in investment management/custody agreements for trustees, including advice on LDI mandates and all forms of pooled investment funds. He also has a wide advisory practice covering scheme documentation, mergers, contingent assets, disputes and advising trustees whose sponsor is financially distressed. He has also advised on over 600 corporate transactions.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1994

Membership

  • APL

Education

  • Kings's College London

1 Contributions by Martin Scott

Occupational pension scheme investments: asset classes, trustee duties and restrictions (including ERI and derivatives); LDI, collective vehicles, productive finance and social impact, securitisation, and TPR scrutiny of private markets
PRACTICE NOTES
Occupational pension scheme investments: asset classes, trustee duties and restrictions (including ERI and derivatives); LDI, collective vehicles, productive finance and social impact, securitisation, and TPR scrutiny of private markets
THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES STOP PRESS : On 8 December 2025, TPR unveiled a programme examining how DC and DB pension schemes approach allocating to growth assets, and identifying obstacles to investing in private markets and infrastructure. Through targeted engagement with investment consultancies, schemes and industry representative bodies, TPR is collecting market insight on opportunities, vehicles, constraints and enablers, with a particular focus on UK opportunities and investment routes. The regulator’s attention is on schemes of meaningful scale that are weighing, or have the capacity to pursue, investments in private markets and related assets. This outreach is scheduled to conclude by end‑2025; TPR will then share outcomes with government and issue a market oversight report in 2026. Executive Director Julian Lyne signalled that, where schemes do not meet required standards, TPR will invite trustees to consider whether consolidation into larger vehicles with stronger investment capabilities would be in savers’ interests. For further information, see TPR probes barriers to investment in private markets and infrastructure that could deliver better returns for savers and LNB News 08/12/2025 53...
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