All LGPS articles – Page 3
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Opinion
Editor’s notes: The auto-enrolment open goal
Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve asks: is the government overthinking the Pensions Review?
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News
LGPS latest: ACCESS seeks direct lending managers
The £45bn ACCESS Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool has launched a search for managers for two senior secured direct lending strategies worth a combined £350m.
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News
Wales pool awards £2bn property mandate to Schroders
Wales Pension Partnership, the asset pool for the country’s eight Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS), has appointed Schroders to run a major real estate mandate.
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Features
Are Canadian pension funds the right template for the LGPS?
The chancellor wants UK pension schemes to learn from their Canadian counterparts when it comes to investing in UK infrastructure. But Canadian schemes are themselves under pressure for a perceived lack of domestic investment.
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News
LGPS urged to deploy record £45bn funding surplus
The Local Government Pension Scheme ended the first half of 2024 with a record £45bn funding surplus, according to Isio.
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News
‘Fragmentation and waste’: Government sets sights on LGPS
The government has targeted a reduction in “fragmentation and waste” within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), as part of the first phase of its much-anticipated Pensions Review.
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People News
London CIV investment chief to depart
Aoifinn Devitt, chief investment officer at the London CIV, is to step down from her role at the end of this year, the pool has confirmed.
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News
LGPS eyes upgrade to cost transparency system
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is exploring a potential upgrade to its investment cost monitoring system that could include the use of machine learning tools.
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Features
The increasing appetite for nature-based investment
A poll by the Society of Pension Professionals has found growing interest in nature-related risks and opportunities as momentum grows globally.
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News
ACCESS pool backs L&G housing fund with £125m
The £34bn ACCESS local authority asset pool has allocated £125m to a new affordable housing fund launched by Legal & General (L&G).
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News
USS, Brunel to help shape National Wealth Fund
The UK’s biggest private sector pension scheme and one of the eight local authority pension fund pools are among the members of a taskforce set up by the government.
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News
LGPS fund nets share of $434m Under Armour settlement
The North East Scotland Pension Fund has landed a windfall from a legal case in the US after sportswear manufacturer Under Armour tabled a $434m (£342.7m) settlement.
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News
Challenges facing the LGPS: Gender pensions gap, funding, mortality
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is facing several major challenges – but also presents good value, according to Hymans Robertson.
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News
LGPS urged to ‘take control’ of its future
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) needs to take control of its future amid warnings an incoming government will be eyeing its financial clout.
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News
Innovation Interviews: Border to Coast’s boost for UK business
After winning two awards at last month’s Investment Innovation Summit, Border to Coast’s Mark Lyon explains in more detail how the pool’s new UK strategy supports some of the Mansion House goals.
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News
ACCESS pool adds £250m long-lease mandate
The Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire pension schemes have invested a combined £250m in a new property fund launched by their pooling vehicle.
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News
How LGPS funds should approach the General Code
Funds within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) should plan carefully for how to implement the new General Code, according to Hymans Robertson.
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Videos
Winner of the LGPS Innovation Award and the Audience Award: Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership took home two prizes at the Pensions Expert Investment Innovation Awards in May 2024.
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News
Border to Coast launches UK strategy in major private markets push
The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has officially launched an innovative £500m UK Opportunities strategy targeting private markets assets.
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News
LGPS latest: GLIL backers invest £475m for UK infrastructure push
Plus: Environment Agency puts £170m to work with Schroders Greencoat, backing renewable and energy transition infrastructure.