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Musings | 28 Sept 2026

Concentration risk in trustee services

What happens when a significant proportion of a scheme’s knowledge, governance activity and institutional memory becomes concentrated within a single organisation? Katherine Milton, who is part of our outsourced pensions management leadership team, looks at some of the challenges with concentration risk and outlines the key questions that trustees need to ask when assessing supplier concentration risk.

Musings | 28 Sept 2026

Private markets in UK pension defaults

Private markets could be a valuable addition to UK pension scheme default funds, especially for members who are many years from retirement. This area, however, is not without its challenges. In this article, Paul Armitage, Head of DC at Muse, looks at what this means for charges and member communications.  

Musings | 28 Sept 2026

AI governance

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving considerable change across many industries, including pensions, and whilst there are significant potential benefits available, the risks are real as well. Jo Fellowes explores where AI is currently being used and developed in the pensions industry and considers the changes in Trustee governance required to oversee data, security and cyber risk as AI use continues to evolve.

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Ryan Perrin

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Katherine Milton

Principal Consultant
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Adrian Cooper

Head of Market Engagement
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Project Manager
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Emma Rogers

Senior Consultant
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Mark Dallaway

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Hana Bailey

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Kneale Jefferis

Administrator
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Director
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Head of Operations
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Amanda Cullen

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Katy Wilkinson

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Clare Chilton

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Senior Associate
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Tammy King

Head of People
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Paul Armitage

Head of DC
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Associate
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CEO
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Junior Consultant
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Adam Chate

Senior Consultant
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Claire Wallis

Consultant
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Business Administrator
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Kate Maloney

Client Director
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Senior Consultant
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Sharon Hine

HR & Business Support Administrator
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Pamjit Virdi

Senior Consultant
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Danuta Nott

Business Support Manager
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Susan Sinclair

Senior Consultant
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Stuart Murdoch

Consultant
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Senior Consultant
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Auline-Jean Melbourne

Associate
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Consultant
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Adam Barker

Project Manager
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Senior Consultant
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Principal Consultant
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We engaged Muse, in advance of our administration contract renewal, to review the service and contractual terms and ensure we received overall value for money from our third party administrator. I was delighted with the outcome and the material improvement we achieved.
Former Head of Pensions, Vodafone
Knowing that commercial links may exist between some consultants and pension service providers, it was Muse’s clear independence that made the difference for us. Firstly, they helped us to consider the different types of DC scheme available, without having a particular product that they were looking to sell. On the second occasion, we were considering Fiduciary Management. Muse helped us understand the pros and cons of Fiduciary Management compared with our current service. Whilst we didn’t move to Fiduciary Management, we did make changes to the way that we work with our appointed investment consultant.
Former Group Head of HR, Drax Group plc
Muse continue to provide excellent independent support to us and their clients. Their operating model provides a refreshing change: quality, independently minded people who are good at what they do. Muse know where they want to operate and continually seek to take new ideas into those areas. Muse continue to punch above their weight.
Head of Trustee Services, Unilever

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