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Musings | 16 Jun 2025

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

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.

Musings | 16 Jun 2025

How do you decide between in-house versus outsourced pensions management?

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.

Musings | 16 Jun 2025

Navigating an evolving landscape

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.

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Emma Rogers

Senior Consultant
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Tammy King

Head of People
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Geoff Francis

Senior Consultant
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Steve Hammer

Trustee Secretary
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Margs Harvey

Business Administrator
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Hana Bailey

Senior Consultant
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Tom Oakley

Consultant
Mark dallaway

Mark Dallaway

Senior Associate
Cindy

Cindy Dadier

Business Manager
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Kneale Jefferis

Administrator
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Aliza Bashir

Analyst
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Alan Simpson

Financial Controller
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Ian McQuade

CEO
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Daniel Jacobson

Senior Consultant
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Robyn Cowan

Consultant
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Antonella Sferrino

Associate
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Danuta Nott

Business Support Manager
RE 365

Reece Eley

Junior Consultant
PV 530

Pamjit Virdi

Consultant
Rosanne Corbett

Rosanne Corbett

Director
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Adrian Cooper

Head of Market Engagement
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Evalinde Eelens

Senior Associate
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Kate Maloney

Client Director
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Claire Wallis

Consultant
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Katherine Milton

Senior Consultant
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Robert Plumb

Senior Associate
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Amanda Cullen

Senior Associate
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Liza Sinclair

Senior Consultant
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Katy Wilkinson

Consultant
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Emma Beard

Senior Consultant
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Barry Mack

Director
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Lindsay Hawkins

Director
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Paul Armitage

Associate
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Jo Fellowes

Director

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