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Musings | 4 Nov 2025

The Future of Trustee Governance

The government’s decision to launch a consultation into the professional trustee market is very welcome. It’s long overdue. Professional trustees play a vital role in ensuring good governance and protecting member outcomes. The decisions they make and the challenge they should bring directly affect the benefits delivered to millions of savers. So, it's right that we pause and ask whether the structures and incentives in the market still deliver what members need. Read Ian McQuade’s viewpoint recently featured in Professional Pensions.

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.

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Chair, 3i Group Pension Plan
Muse has provided us with a comprehensive framework to help assess the effectiveness of our existing system of governance and to challenge our existing approach to risk management. With Muse’s guidance, we are expecting to see a number of improvements to our risk management framework which will put us in a strong position for when TPR’s Single Code comes into force. Muse has helped us to identify and resolve gaps in our governance structure underpinning our risk management framework. In particular, by aligning our risk management framework with our strategy, the Trustee Board is supported in achieving its objectives.
Head of Trustee Governance, DHL Pensions
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.
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