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The power of independence

17 Sept 2025

Musings

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.

Getting the most out of the Own Risk Assessment (ORA)

16 Jun 2025

Musings

With 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

Musings

In 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

Musings

We 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

Musings

Muse 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

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.

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