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Our breakfast seminars and webinars designed to provide a platform to inform and discuss key challenges in the pension industry.
AI is already influencing pension scheme governance, administration and member communications. This article explains the key risks trustees should understand and the practical questions to ask advisers, providers and in-house teams.
The UK professional trustee market is evolving rapidly as DB schemes mature, regulatory expectations increase and endgame planning becomes more complex. This article explores how trustee firms are adapting through broader services, stronger governance and a continued focus on people, members and long-term outcomes. Pi Partnership’s approach reflects its professional, independent and pragmatic focus across trustee appointments, governance projects and endgame solutions.
The government’s 2026 pension adequacy review has reignited debate over whether UK pensions are delivering enough for retirement. This article explores why adequacy is about more than contribution levels, considering housing, health, income security and the changing nature of retirement. As an independent voice in pensions, Pi Partnership argues for a broader, more flexible approach to retirement adequacy that recognises the realities facing savers and the role of strong governance in supporting better outcomes.
The new Value for Money framework is raising the bar for DC pension oversight. Employers and trustees will need clearer governance, better visibility of provider performance and a more strategic approach to assessing whether their current arrangement still delivers strong member outcomes. This fits Pi Partnership’s professional, independent and governance-led positioning.
Trustee Knowledge and Understanding (TKU) remains central to effective pension scheme governance as the UK pensions landscape evolves. With consolidation, regulatory reform and new scheme models reshaping the market, trustees must balance rising expectations with proportionality and member focus. Strong governance frameworks, diverse boards and ongoing professional development are critical to navigating complexity. As change accelerates, trustees, advisers and pension managers must ensure skills, standards and oversight keep pace to deliver long-term value for savers and sustainable scheme outcomes.
Pi Partnership has played a leading role in embedding sustainability into pension scheme governance through its involvement with A4S. As the first professional trustee firm to sign the Sustainability Principles Charter for the bulk annuity process, we are committed to integrating responsible investment and long-term sustainability into trustee decision-making. With all UK bulk purchase annuity providers now aligned under unified principles, sustainability continues to shape the future of defined benefit and defined contribution schemes alike.
Everyone has different needs, and we support this balance offering true flexibility in how our people manage their time and fully support part time working and a family friendly approach.
We believe in clear and transparent communication and create regular opportunities for internal communication. Our regular business updates and opportunities to input into the business ensures everyone feels part of the team and on the same page at Pi, ensuring our hybrid working model is effective regardless of where you are based.
Nurturing every Pi Person is important to us and we want to ensure everyone has the opportunity for continued professional development by providing the space to do this alongside client commitments. Everyone has an individual Personal Development Plan catered to them, whether they are on the start of their journey with Pi or those looking at ways to transition into the next stage of their careers.
Everyone has the opportunity for a regular development and progression review and everyone has ownership over their own development with input and guidance of senior member of the team where required.
We provide regular opportunities to share knowledge amongst our teams through Lunch Time Learn in sessions and actively encourage involvement and participation into this.
We are an open, friendly and supportive team who thrive in a flexible and autonomous environment. Our people are trusted to get on with things, adding value and individual contribution, whilst maintaining a good work life balance and ideally having fun along the way.
We want to ensure we cultivate our special culture and our focus is to maintain our exceptional engagement levels. We are proud to have been awarded the Sunday Times Best Place to Work for small businesses in 2023 and 2024, and also in 2025 after moving to the medium-sized business category.
Our employee ownership structure is central to our philosophy of making sure every Pi Person is part of our success story, contributing to how we run the business, and sharing in the profits. We know that being successful is not just down to numbers, it’s about our people who all contribute in their unique way to our success and creating a working environment where everyone has a voice.
Amanda is a Board Director of Pi Partnership Group and leads the development of Pi’s services. She works closely with clients, the Pi team and professional advisers to ensure all of Pi’s services meet the changing needs of the pension market and deliver clear value to Pi’s clients.
Amanda has over twenty-five years’ experience in the pensions industry and, as well as ensuring Pi’s services continue to meet the needs of our clients in a rapidly changing pension landscape, is also a member of Pi’s Executive Management Team. She provides specialist project management for clients on a range of services, including adviser selection and review, trustee board assessment and governance design.
As well as being a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) and Chair of the PMI London Group, Amanda holds PMI certificates in Pensions Automatic Enrolment and DC Governance, was a past Prince2 practitioner and is a Certified Risk Management Practitioner.
What do you most enjoy about your role: Successfully delivering complex projects and creating a happy team environment.
Interests outside work: Travel, theatre and as part of Abundance London helping create beautiful spaces in urban settings.
Top achievement to date: Competing in the 2005/06 Round the World Clipper race.
