Pension Consulting Services

Pensions are impacting every facet of corporate life. Sponsoring employers want to regain control, and manage costs and risks. Trustees must act independently in protecting the position of the pension plan as an unsecured creditor. HR directors are grappling with the role that pensions should, or should not, play in the overall reward proposition for executives and the wider workforce.


Solutions to today's pension challenges need wide ranging understanding of business. Our multidisciplinary pensions teams comprises pensions actuarial, investment, reward and administration specialists together with experts in transactions, corporate finance, tax and legal, assurance and accounting, valuation and strategy, structuring, insolvency and credit analysis. As such, clients benefit from specialist pensions advice with wide-ranging commercial acumen and business knowledge.

 How we can support you


As providers of the following services:


   * Pensions aspects of transactions and restructurings, including mergers and acquisitions.
   * Financial reporting (disclosures to shareholders, banks, trustees, etc).
   * Advisory services to employers and trustees on financial, structuring and regulatory effectiveness.

 

As consultants, we act as your pension manager and bring a vast range of experiences to tasks such as:

  • Benefit review
  • Investment manager selection and review
  • Advice on the design and installation of new schemes
  • Benefit surveys
  • Life assurance and disability plans - placement and re-broking

  • Compliance with:
    • Provision of the Pension Act
    • Revenue legislation
    • Pension Board Regulations

Communications Consulting

 It is vital that your employees fully understand and appreciate the value of the benefits provided by their pension scheme. Proper communication of the scheme and its benefits can be an effective aid in assisting in the recruitment and retention of key employees.
We provide assistance to employers and Scheme trustees in pension communications so that your scheme provides:

  •  Clear & concise member booklets
  •  Annual benefit statements that illustrate the value of existing and future benefits
  •  Group presentations addressing investment performance/scheme benefits/legislative changes
  •  Dealing with individual member queries  
  •  Internet and intranet communication with members