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Check out one of our recent thought pieces below, or dive into our knowledge hub to see the latest thinking from across the Muse team!

Musings | 17 Sept 2025

The power of independence

Why should the principle of independence stand at the forefront of your decision-making process? Ellen Ratcliffe explores the role that independence plays in improved outcomes and how value is delivered through the work we do across outsourced pensions management.

Musings | 17 Sept 2025

Implementing post DC retirement solutions

The Pension Schemes Bill 2025 is expected to place new duties on trustees to provide “default pension benefit solutions” for DC members. Paul Armitage looks at the current landscape and what might be expected going forwards, including considerations for trustees.

Musings | 17 Sept 2025

Dashboards: Are we nearly there yet?

After years of planning, preparation and decisions, we’re nearly there. Now the dashboard journey is beginning, what’s next? In this article, Jo Fellowes shines a spotlight on the key areas that schemes and trustees need to think about; strategies for maintaining data, connection to the dashboard ecosystem, what’s expected of trustees, the unknowns of member demand and what members are likely to care about.

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Senior Associate
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Head of Market Engagement
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Business Administrator
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Trustee Secretary
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Junior Consultant
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Senior Associate
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Senior Consultant
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Financial Controller
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CEO
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Testimonials

Muse worked skillfully with the trustees, our advisers and our main Company contacts to help us review trustee board effectiveness and provide independent insights. Muse set their report in a strategic context for the scheme and it was evident Muse understood our unique challenges as well as comparisons to peer schemes. They framed proportionate views and made clear recommendations for actions that we are now taking forward. It has been a good piece of work, and worthwhile. It will help us work with the Company to make further progress on the scheme. The other trustees had not experienced an effectiveness review; they found it easy to work with Muse and engaged well with the trustee board’s discussion of the report findings.
Independent Trustee Chair, QinetiQ Pension Scheme
Muse facilitated the setting of our strategic goals, both financial and operational, working with all our advisers and providers so that the objectives were fully integrated, not only in respect of IRM but also with regard to data, administration, member communication and governance. Their independence meant that the advisers were open and transparent in their thinking. The momentum they helped us achieve means that we are on course to provide good outcomes for our members. It also gives us a helpful framework to refresh regularly, to check that we remain on track.
Independent Trustee, Xerox Final Salary Pension Scheme
Muse helped us work with our administrator to deliver our transformation programme. They challenged them and asked questions we hadn’t considered. We wouldn’t have achieved the change we needed without the support and experience of the Muse team.
Pension Strategy Manager, CYBG plc

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