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Getting the most out of the Own Risk Assessment (ORA)
16 Jun 2025
MusingsWith ORAs now underway, Rosanne shares tips on what’s required in the ORA and how to go about completing it. For those who haven’t yet started, it’s helpful to understand what the ORA covers and what Trustees are asked to assess and evidence from a governance and risk management perspective.
How do you decide between in-house versus outsourced pensions management?
16 Jun 2025
MusingsIn the last edition of Muse News, Ellen looked at the role of the pensions manager, which has become significantly more demanding. With the increasing weight of project work, such as dashboards, GMP work and end-game journey planning, alongside business-as-usual activities, managing resource and key person risk is critical. Ellen takes a deeper dive into factors that should be considered when looking at in-house versus outsourced pensions management – cost, managing risks, sustainability and flexibility.
Navigating an evolving landscape
16 Jun 2025
MusingsWe recently held a roundtable with a small group of pensions leaders with a mix of trustee and corporate roles, with the discussion focusing on run-on, surplus and buy-out. This article provides a summary of challenges and opportunities in a pensions landscape that continues to evolve. Although the Pension Schemes Bill provides a little more clarity for companies and schemes on some of the challenges discussed at the roundtable, many of the observations remain pertinent.
Press Release - Muse Advisory announces appointment of two programme managers
21 May 2025
MusingsMuse Advisory continues to grow its Programme Management team with two experienced hires. This is to meet the increasing demand from pension schemes to help with endgame planning and implementation, alongside other complex projects requiring specialist project management expertise.
Pensions Managers: are we heading into the perfect storm?
18 Mar 2025
MusingsEllen Ratcliffe looks at the role of the pensions manager, which has become significantly more demanding, with the need to build a range of multi-disciplinary skills to navigate increasing complexity. Ellen breaks this complexity down into business-as-usual tasks and the increasing weight of project work, such as dashboards, GMP work and end-game journey planning.
Value for money: Where next?
18 Mar 2025
MusingsPaul Armitage, DC Lead for Muse, looks at the proposed new value for money (VFM) framework that is likely to apply to all workplace pension schemes, touching on proposals for public disclosure of scheme performance, market reaction and how VFM fits into the wider political landscape.
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