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Dean Wetton Advisory is an independent boutique investment consultancy

We provide tailor-made, practical investment advice to Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension schemes, insurers, charities and asset managers.

Our experienced team supports our clients through our in-depth understanding of risk and return and our proven ability to build governance capacity. In doing so, we help our clients build wealth for their members. We are experts in fund manager evaluation and selection and provide trusted insights to the pensions industry through our proprietary research, ESG and TCFD consulting and our specialist reporting services.

Value for Members (VFM) Requirements

We assess your scheme for Value for Member compliance. We deliver this as a complete assessment of your scheme and compare your scheme against other options in the market.

ESG and TCFD Consulting

Consulting services to pension funds around sustainability and governance.

Manager Research and Fund Selection

Specialist investment manager research and fund selection services to institutional investors.

Risk Transfer, Bulk Annuity & Consolidator Advice

Comprehensive risk transfer solutions, including bulk annuity and consolidator advice services, tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.

Specialist Reporting

Pension industry comparison reports, operational due diligence reports and value for member reports.

Strategic Investment Advice

Independent, practical investment advice to pension schemes, insurers, charities and asset managers.

What our clients say

We conducted an open search for independent investment advice on our illiquid portfolio and selected DWA for their deep understanding of the private markets. Further they are the sort of people you would want as part of your in-house team and that is the way we work with them.

Antony Barker
FIA, Director of Pensions, Santander UK plc

DWA supports us by providing proactive advice and is not afraid to be innovative based on solid research and reasoning. The team has a strong grasp of the issues we face as both Trustees and IGC members and we value both DWA’s independence and experience.

Paul Trickett
Chair of Legal and General Trustees Limited and Legal and General Independent Governance Committee

Dean Wetton Advisory

"We work hard to closely align our interests with those of our clients and make sure that the solutions we implement match the ability of the client to govern those solutions."

Dean Wetton | Founder and CEO

Investing Through Heightened Uncertainty

In June 2026, Dean Wetton Advisory (DWA) contributed a high level perspective to the View from The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP)’s column in the Pensions Age publication, offering trustees a concise view on how to navigate uncertainty in a shifting geopolitical and economic environment. The published version is included below exactly as written, followed by a brief extension that reflects our broader DWA perspective.

How DWA Engages with Managers

At Dean Wetton Advisory (DWA), we believe that meaningful engagement with investment managers starts with clarity. Effective engagement requires clear goals, a collaborative approach and a credible plan of action if outcomes fall short. For many pension schemes, stewardship is not exercised directly. Instead, clients rely on their investment managers to vote and engage with issuers in a way that reflects the scheme’s beliefs and long-termobjectives.

Celebrating Employee Ownership Day 2026: How DWA Is #OwningIt

Today, on 19 June 2026, we join the UK’s employee owned community in celebrating Employee Ownership Day (EO Day). As a partner of the Employee Ownership Association (EOA), we unite behind this year’s bold theme #OwningIt, recognising the role each of us plays in strengthening employee ownership and amplifying its impact for employees, businesses, communities and the wider economy.

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