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.
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.
"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
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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration has moved far beyond a regulatory requirement. For trustees and pension scheme managers, the challenge is to embed ESG principles into investment beliefs, governance frameworks and long-term strategy.
For years, trustees have worked within a familiar rhythm: a major strategy review every three years, tied to regulatory requirements for the Statement of Investment Principles (SIP). In practice, this often means that conversations focus more on manager performance than on forward-looking strategy. process to make strategy the centrepiece of trustee discussions.
The UK Defined Benefit (DB) pension risk transfer market is set for another record-breaking year. In 2024, insurers completed nearly 300 buy-in and buy-out transactions, generating over £47 billion in premiums. For 2025, industry forecasts point to £50 billion in bulk annuity deals and a further £20 billion in longevity swaps.