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Musings | 12 Dec 2025

Press Release

Muse Advisory, the director-owned and independent pensions specialist expands its administration provider and adviser review and selection service with the hire of Susan Sinclair. Read the press release.

Musings | 11 Dec 2025

Private markets within DC schemes: Is the market ready?

Do private market investments in DC create new governance challenges for Trustees and providers? Paul Armitage, DC lead, looks at the advantages and some of the challenges in private markets, where undertaking quality due diligence has never been more important. Whilst the asset class isn’t new, successful deployment in DC still has many unanswered questions. Do private market investments create new governance challenges for Trustees and providers? What should Trustees do when looking at private markets?

Musings | 10 Dec 2025

What’s on the horizon?

What might 2026 bring us in the world of pensions? Ian McQuade, CEO shares his thoughts on what’s been happening in the pensions industry during 2025 and looks ahead to what 2026 may bring. Governance is near the top of everyone’s agenda given the pace of change across the industry and with this in mind, Ian looks at the commercialisation of professional trusteeship and the evolving administration market.

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Senior Associate
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Katherine Milton

Senior Consultant
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Barry Mack

Director
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Alan Simpson

Financial Controller
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Rosanne Corbett

Director
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Robyn Cowan

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Adrian Cooper

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Daniel Jacobson

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Olivia Devereese

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Claire Wallis

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Senior Associate
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Aliza Bashir

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Ellen Ratcliffe

Senior Consultant
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Hana Bailey

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Ryan Perrin

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Sharon Hine

HR & Business Support Administrator
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Amanda Cullen

Senior Associate
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Emma Rogers

Senior Consultant
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Tammy King

Head of People
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Emma Beard

Senior Consultant
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Steve Hammer

Trustee Secretary
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Tom Oakley

Consultant
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Adam Barker

Project Manager
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Kneale Jefferis

Administrator
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Ann Namubiru

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Katy Wilkinson

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Jamie Goodfellow

Senior Consultant
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Clare Chilton

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Kate Maloney

Client Director
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Ian McQuade

CEO
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Reece Eley

Junior Consultant
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Liza Sinclair

Senior Consultant
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Auline-Jean Melbourne

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Business Administrator
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Cindy Dadier

Business Manager
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Danuta Nott

Business Support Manager

Testimonials

Rosanne and Julia facilitated an online session for the Trustee Board on strategic planning and agreeing our objectives for member experience, considering administration service delivery and member communications and engagement. It was a focused, positive and engaging session despite it having to be held online rather than face to face as we’d planned. It helped us make progress and we had a meaningful discussion as a board. All the trustee directors were able to share candid views and ideas on what is important to us as a board and to members. We got a lot of value out of it - and more to the point now have a basis to agree long-term non-financial objectives for the pension scheme.
Chair and Trustee Director, National Grid Electricity Group Trustee Limited
Muse carried out an effectiveness review for both of our scheme trustee boards and ran a joint board workshop on the findings and helped our trustees agree actions. An external review and the workshop were ‘firsts’ for us, we wanted to get it right. We chose Muse because of their experience and independence. Their team were very skilled in helping our trustees take stock and reflect, challenging us to think about future effectiveness and bringing wider knowledge of trustee practice and corporate governance. Muse really delivered well on the work.
Pension and Benefits Partner, LV= Pension Trustee Limited
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

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