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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
DJ 323

Daniel Jacobson

Senior Consultant
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Paul Armitage

Associate
AC 335

Amanda Cullen

Senior Associate
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Cindy Dadier

Business Manager
PV 530

Pamjit Virdi

Consultant
AB 78

Aliza Bashir

Analyst
ADC 28

Adrian Cooper

Head of Market Engagement
Mark dallaway

Mark Dallaway

Senior Associate
CW 392

Claire Wallis

Consultant
EB 180 1

Emma Beard

Senior Consultant
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Robert Plumb

Senior Associate
Alan S 329

Alan Simpson

Financial Controller
TO 397

Tom Oakley

Consultant
KEM 96 1

Katherine Milton

Senior Consultant
ELR 359

Emma Rogers

Senior Consultant
BM 110 1

Barry Mack

Director
RAC 6

Robyn Cowan

Consultant
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Liza Sinclair

Senior Consultant
HB 403

Hana Bailey

Senior Consultant
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Antonella Sferrino

Associate
EE 1

Evalinde Eelens

Senior Associate
SH 541

Steve Hammer

Trustee Secretary
KSM 515

Kate Maloney

Client Director
IM 380

Ian McQuade

CEO
MH 550 1

Margs Harvey

Business Administrator
TK 16 1

Tammy King

Head of People
RE 365

Reece Eley

Junior Consultant
JF 57 1

Jo Fellowes

Director
KJ 123 1

Kneale Jefferis

Administrator
Rosanne Corbett

Rosanne Corbett

Director
KW 43 1

Katy Wilkinson

Consultant
DN 306

Danuta Nott

Business Support Manager

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In the time we worked together Muse showed a genuine understanding of, and commitment to, our Plan's objectives that I have rarely, if ever, seen matched by other consultancies. A pleasure to work with.
Former Pensions Manager, Scottish & Newcastle Pension Plan
With the support of Muse's professional team our recent FM selection project delivered as expected and so much more. Muse was able to translate our scheme's unique characteristics and ambitions in to specific and practical service requirements. This meant that we were able to select the best fit provider; a firm who then already understood us and was well matched to our scheme's requirements.
Chair of Trustees, Northrop Grumman UK Pension Scheme
Muse helped us work with our administrator to deliver our transformation programme. They challenged them and asked questions we hadn’t considered. We wouldn’t have achieved the change we needed without the support and experience of the Muse team.
Pension Strategy Manager, CYBG plc

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