Trustees will know that a primary duty of theirs is to ensure the financial security of the pension scheme.  And fundamental to this will be the continued support of a profitable employer.  It requires a constant balancing act between being cautious and containing costs, and this is where our skills come into their own.

As highly trained and experienced actuaries, we are able to apply financial and statistical models to assess the financial health of your pension scheme and evaluate future risks for you.

The systems we use can value, model, track and predict the funding dynamics of your scheme while our investment expertise allows us to create models of likely future market returns, ensuring our recommendations to you take into account variable investment performance too.
 
This joined-up way of working allows us to devise intelligent, informed and innovative funding, investment and contribution strategies for your scheme.  We also take great care in explaining our thinking to you clearly so you are fully aware of the likely consequences of following the alternative solutions we present.

Our focus is on developing a highly detailed picture of your scheme’s dynamics so we can help you make balanced decisions based on a thorough understanding of the issues involved.

OUR SERVICES

• Actuarial valuations and related funding advice
• Assessment of pension cost for employers - under UK or international accounting standards
• Compliance with statutory funding requirements
• Costings and advice on benefit changes and wider scheme design issues
• Advice on the valuation of scheme benefits including recommending actuarial factors 
• Advice on the pension aspects of sales, acquisitions, mergers and other reconstructions
• Scheme wind-up
• Expert witness work relating to actuarial matters
• Input to strategic investment policy