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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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Geoff Francis

Senior Consultant
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Liza Sinclair

Senior Consultant
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Lindsay Hawkins

Director
KSM 515

Kate Maloney

Client Director
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Daniel Jacobson

Senior Consultant
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Cindy Dadier

Business Manager
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Tom Oakley

Consultant
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Adrian Cooper

Head of Market Engagement
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Alan Simpson

Financial Controller
CW 392

Claire Wallis

Consultant
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Tammy King

Head of People
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Jo Fellowes

Director
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Steve Hammer

Trustee Secretary
RE 365

Reece Eley

Junior Consultant
IM 380

Ian McQuade

CEO
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Robyn Cowan

Consultant
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Antonella Sferrino

Associate
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Emma Beard

Senior Consultant
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Robert Plumb

Senior Associate
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Margs Harvey

Business Administrator
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Aliza Bashir

Analyst
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Amanda Cullen

Senior Associate
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Paul Armitage

Associate
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Katherine Milton

Senior Consultant
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Mark Dallaway

Senior Associate
KW 43 1

Katy Wilkinson

Consultant
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Emma Rogers

Senior Consultant
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Hana Bailey

Senior Consultant
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Barry Mack

Director
Rosanne Corbett

Rosanne Corbett

Director
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Pamjit Virdi

Consultant
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Evalinde Eelens

Senior Associate
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Kneale Jefferis

Administrator
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Danuta Nott

Business Support Manager

Testimonials

Muse carried out an effectiveness review for both of our scheme trustee boards and ran a joint board workshop on the findings and helped our trustees agree actions. An external review and the workshop were ‘firsts’ for us, we wanted to get it right. We chose Muse because of their experience and independence. Their team were very skilled in helping our trustees take stock and reflect, challenging us to think about future effectiveness and bringing wider knowledge of trustee practice and corporate governance. Muse really delivered well on the work.
Pension and Benefits Partner, LV= Pension Trustee Limited
It was a pleasure to work with Muse on our Administrator selection process. As we were outsourcing for the first time, which is particularly challenging, their insight into the market and the administrators we saw, guiding us through the minefield of selection, gave us confidence that we were making the most informed decision. Muse’s process was pragmatic and effective, always considerate of the circumstances of the in-house team. We continued to rely on Muse’s support particularly throughout the contracting stage where their knowledge & experience proved invaluable as well as the transition stage; they challenged the administrator and asked the questions we didn’t know to ask. I would have no hesitation in recommending them.
Trustee Director, Molins UK Pension Fund Trustee Limited
We appointed Muse Advisory for our first external review of board effectiveness. It was undertaken independently by Muse in line with good practice under the UK corporate governance code whilst recognising we are a young organisation building the business for our LGPS shareholders. It was a thorough process but not at all disruptive, with strong involvement of Board, Executive and wider stakeholders. There was a lot of relevant feedback with useful ideas in the Muse report, with a clear presentation of the findings enabling us to discuss and agree the actions to take forward. Overall, it has been a comprehensive and insightful piece of work by Muse.
Chair, Border to Cost Pensions Partnership

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