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.
Twelve months since The Pensions Regulator’s General Code of Practice launched: Key learnings
18 Mar 2025
MusingsWe’ve partnered with many pension schemes over the last twelve months reviewing their systems of governance and considering their approach to risk management within the Own Risk Assessment framework. In this article, Rosanne Corbett shares some key observations on what’s really important when looking at how to comply with the General Code.
Delivering better member outcomes
12 Dec 2024
MusingsIan McQuade covers some of the developments we’ve seen this year in pensions – and there have been many. One notable achievement was the launch of the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan, which bridges the gap between DB and DC. The governance regime remains another important topic of discussion, where trustee boards provide important checks and balances. Is this being eroded by the corporate sole trustee? Read Ian’s insights here.
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