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Concentration risk in trustee services
28 Sept 2026
MusingsWhat happens when a significant proportion of a scheme’s knowledge, governance activity and institutional memory becomes concentrated within a single organisation? Katherine Milton, who is part of our outsourced pensions management leadership team, looks at some of the challenges with concentration risk and outlines the key questions that trustees need to ask when assessing supplier concentration risk.
Private markets in UK pension defaults
28 Sept 2026
MusingsPrivate markets could be a valuable addition to UK pension scheme default funds, especially for members who are many years from retirement. This area, however, is not without its challenges. In this article, Paul Armitage, Head of DC at Muse, looks at what this means for charges and member communications.
AI governance
28 Sept 2026
MusingsArtificial Intelligence (AI) is driving considerable change across many industries, including pensions, and whilst there are significant potential benefits available, the risks are real as well. Jo Fellowes explores where AI is currently being used and developed in the pensions industry and considers the changes in Trustee governance required to oversee data, security and cyber risk as AI use continues to evolve.
Local authority pension fund: Governance Review
28 Aug 2026
Case studiesFollowing a TPR supervisory report that had identified scope for improvement, the Board of this large local authority pension fund commissioned Muse Advisory to assess the governance of the fund, identify areas of good or excellent practice and seek out areas where changes could be made to improve its effectiveness and efficiency.
Roundtable: The Evolving DC Landscape
30 Jul 2026
MusingsWe brought together Heads of Pensions, Trustees, and specialists from legal, communications and beyond to discuss the evolving DC landscape focusing on three key topics: consolidation, default retirement and targeted support.
DC Adviser Review: A second opinion counts
30 Jul 2026
Case studiesWe were approached by a trustee board of a large blue-chip company whose DC investment consultant had been in role for several years. The trustee board had gone through several changes in service contacts at the consultant and had gradually lost confidence in the advice being put forward on the investment aspects of the DC section. It’s worth noting however that the trustee board felt that the scheme’s default fund was in good shape after it had gone through a series of evolutions.
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