Consultants & Actuaries
Consultants & Actuaries
Defined benefit pension scheme ‘de-risking’ is complex. As well as dealing with ongoing schemes, AEGON can also help design bespoke solutions that fit both local and international needs.
We specialise in helping trustees de-risk their schemes and start the journey
towards wind-up. Relevant issues considered include:
• investment strategy
• scheme funding levels
• improving scheme member understanding
• phased annuity buy-outs
• scheme data management
We’re also highly active in the group annuity market, providing solutions for schemes in wind-up.
Barnett Waddingham LLP is an independent firm of actuaries and consultants
with seven offices throughout the UK and over 450 employees.
Barnett Waddingham offers a full range of professional services to pension
schemes, insurance companies and friendly societies.
These services include the design, valuation and financial management of
occupational pension schemes as well as advice relating to the investment of
assets and the selection and monitoring of fund managers. In addition, the firm
provides a broad range of actuarial and computer services to insurance companies
and friendly societies.
Through our associated company, Barnett Waddingham Investments LLP, we provide
assistance to employers and individuals in respect of all aspects of financial
and investments issues.
Barnett Waddingham is also a leader in the provision of self invested personal
pensions (SIPPs), through BW SIPP LLP, small self administered pension schemes
(SSASs), specialist executive pension plans (EPPs) and other retirement
arrangements.
Bluefin is one of the UK’s leading employee benefits consultancies. Combining our own cutting edge technology with expertise, experience, a passion for client care and a genuine desire to solve problems, we deliver innovative insightful solutions that make a difference.
Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year 2009.
Buck Consultants, an ACS company, is an innovator in the employee investment
area, delivering value through quantified cost savings, better risk management
and value creation. We focus on making the most of your investment in people
through our pensions, benefits, technology and human capital areas.
We have over 90 years’ experience and more than 1,700 professionals worldwide.
In the UK we have offices in London, Edinburgh, Ipswich, Manchester, Reading and
Bristol.
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Grant Thornton UK LLP is a leading financial and business adviser with 29 locations nationwide. We offer an enhanced pensions service with the resources and skills to service any size of Scheme. Our specialist teams provide a range of pension services; including audit, employer covenant assessments, acting for scheme or employer, investment advice and actuarial consultancy. Our clients benefit from our experience, knowledge and expertise and undertake a range of work in this highly specialised sector.
Go Pensions is an independent pensions consultancy. We can assist with
specific requirements or an entire change cycle.
Our core services include:
Reviews and benchmarking ~ benchmarking admin services, operational reviews
(out-sourced or in-house) and systems.
Procurement ~ full market reviews of pension and benefit service providers. This
covers third-party administrators, systems, actuary, investment consultant,
flexible benefits, payroll providers, etc.
Strategic advice and reviews ~ pension delivery policy / strategy, in-house
versus outsource analysis, strategic reviews.
Change and project management ~ specialising in complex change programmes such
as administration migrations, in-house or out-sourced. Also niche projects
include interfaces, process mapping, data and calculation modelling, calculation
audits, changes to benefit structures, scheme closures, etc.
We are a specialist pension consultancy providing fresh perspectives on all aspects of pensions. We deliver advice on the “big issues” as well as the timely day-to-day care and problem solving required in any relationship.
Unlike other consultants, we do not start from the premise that a pre-determined solution is necessarily appropriate.
We have seen how clients can be under-serviced or neglected by bigger consulting firms. Our clients choose us because we are an excellent fit to their business. We have commitment and expertise to meet their needs to the high quality they expect and, crucially, they know they matter.
Hargreaves Lansdown Corporate Solutions is one of the UK’s leading DC pension consultancies. We create cutting-edge solutions by combining our market-leading approach to member communications and employee engagement with exceptional relationships with investment providers. We have over 400 corporate clients, including some of the UK’s largest employers, and look after 30,000 active scheme members
Hewitt Associates provides leading organisations around the world with expert human resources consulting and outsourcing solutions to help them anticipate and solve their most complex benefits, talent, and related financial challenges. Hewitt works with companies to design, implement, communicate, and administer a wide range of human resources, retirement, investment management, health care, compensation, and talent management strategies. With a history of exceptional client service since 1940, Hewitt has offices in more than 30 countries and employs approximately 23,000 associates who are helping make the world a better place to work. For more information, please visit
Our National Pensions Group is a dedicated, specialist team providing independent audit and other assurance services to trustees of large and complex pension schemes to assist them in meeting their fiduciary and regulatory obligations. Our involvement with the pensions sector means we are at the forefront of developments and helps us advise trustees on the increasingly challenging areas of risk, governance, stewardship, internal controls, employer covenant and accounting for complex investments. Our aim is to work in partnership with trustees, audit committees and the pension fund management team to ensure that our clients receive a highly committed and personal service.
Hymans Robertson was formed in 1921 and is one of the leading independent experts in investments and benefits. We provide all the core services you would expect, our service delivery, however, is different. We pride ourselves on our personal approach in providing considered bespoke solutions, tailor-made for each client. Our client base includes companies from the FTSE 100, FTSE 350 and privately owned firms and we are also recognised specialists in the field of public sector pensions. We were awarded Actuarial Consultancy of the Year in 2009.
Kim Gubler Consulting was created in 2002 and is now one of the leading independent management & pension consultancies. It draws on the experience of its founder to deliver targeted strategic advice to the pensions industry at optimum value. Since its creation the firm has delivered its promise for a range of clients from small not for profits to large multinational organisations. A wide range of services are delivered, including:
• Admin evaluation/market testing/benchmarking/re-tenders
• Actuarial, investment & legal adviser reviews & appointments
• Scheme administration process audits
• Scheme policy reviews & ongoing consulting
• DC specific issue resolution
Pensions de-risking – navigating the new landscape
While buyouts and buy-ins still remain an option, new approaches such as
longevity swaps and "dynamic de-risking" have come to the market. These new
developments, combined with the dramatic changes in the economic environment
that have taken place over the past year, have made the navigation of the
pensions landscape more complex than ever.
Talk to Mercer to find out how we can help you to manage your pension plan more effectively and reduce the risk. We can also tell you about the new Mercer Dynamic De-risking Solution – guiding DB pension schemes along their path to full funding by managing investment strategy and risk.
Muse Advisory supports clients whose ambition is to achieve first class pension fund governance. Our independence, together with our experience and focused passion for excellence in pension governance and administration, distinguishes us in today's market place.
Our skilled team can offer you a fresh perspective on:
• trustee and board governance effectiveness
• investment governance arrangements
• administration practice and reviews
• adviser review and selection
• pensions project management
Established in June 2003 to challenge the status quo and offer a different approach to pension plan management, Premier Pensions Management has quickly established a reputation for first class service, innovative ideas and a willingness to work alongside other firms of advisers to ensure that clients’ needs and expectations are met.
Premier Pensions Management focuses on what clients actually need and our operating costs are controlled to ensure that we can offer competitive fee rates.
The main attributes of Premier Pensions Management can be summarised as:
• Close personal contract and attention from senior team members.
• Team ethos delivering excellent service allied with realistic costs.
• Integrity – we meet our service and cost promises.
• Highly experienced staff.
• Company owned by individual employees.
• Truly independent.
• Question traditional methods of service provision.
Established as a pensions consultancy working with corporate and trustee clients, large and small, client demand has led to a comprehensive service offering now including actuarial advice, pensions administration, risk benefits broking, contract based pensions and individual financial planning.
