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Check out some of our latest insights into the happenings in the market and keep up to date with our current thinking.

Pensions Managers: are we heading into the perfect storm?

18 Mar 2025

Musings

Ellen 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

Musings

Paul 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

Musings

We’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

Musings

Ian 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.

Driving our growth

12 Dec 2024

Musings

Barry Mack looks at how we’re managing our organic growth and the importance of our people in delivering the right outcomes for our clients. Some of you may remember that we celebrated our 18th birthday this year, which is a significant milestone for us. This was made possible by you. This milestone also marked an expansion of our capabilities as we grew the team from 31 to 45 amazing people. Barry talks growth, culture and clients in this article.

Pensions administration: challenges and opportunities

12 Dec 2024

Musings

Earlier this year we conducted a survey, providing insight into the current views on pensions administration. Given the scale of change in pensions, and an increasing focus on value for money, it comes as no surprise that administration remains a top priority. We’ve summarised the results for you here.

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