All LGPS articles – Page 3
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VideosLAPF Spotlight: Measuring the success of pooling, with Surrey’s Neil Mason
Surrey County Council’s Neil Mason sat down with LAPF Investments to explain how his pool, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, is progressing towards the government’s targets.
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In DepthIn Depth: LGPS surpluses and tight budgets make for ‘challenging mix’
Funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) face a challenge in the weeks and months ahead as triennial valuations could reveal significant surpluses – at a time when many councils are strapped for cash.
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NewsPensions dashboards are ‘only the start of the digital journey’ [updated]
Around 90% of pension scheme memberships could be connected to the pensions dashboards ecosystem by the end of this year if the current schedule goes to plan.
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NewsMore cost concerns raised over LGPS asset pooling plans
One of the LGPS funds now searching for a new pool has warned of a hefty cost impact, as the government seeks to accelerate pooling over the next few months.
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NewsGovernment’s backstop power to force LGPS pool decisions was ‘a surprise’
The government’s potential introduction of a power to force LGPS funds into specific pools took some in the system by surprise, according to one fund’s chief executive.
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NewsFocus on members amid government reform demands, LGPS urged
The chair of the LGPS’s Scheme Advisory Board has encouraged the system’s staff to “keep doing the day job” as the government’s reform agenda looms large.
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NewsBorder to Coast launches first index fund with £2.6bn multi-factor strategy
BlackRock will manage the multi-factor index fund, which has secured cornerstone investments from five LGPS funds.
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NewsWelsh pension capital deployed in new housing and infrastructure schemes
Pension schemes in Wales have backed new investment opportunities as pressure mounts on local authority schemes to channel more money into local investments.
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VideosLAPF Spotlight: ClearGlass Analytics’ Chris Sier on how LGPS pools have saved money
Cost transparency advocate and ClearGlass Analytics founder Chris Sier speaks to LAPF Investments editor Brian Gielty at the LGPS Pooling Symposium.
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News‘Game changer’: Pension Schemes Bill laid before parliament
The government will today introduce the much-anticipated Pension Schemes Bill to parliament, setting the stage for a wide-ranging and ambitious overhaul of workplace pensions in the UK.
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NewsLGPS pooling: March 2026 deadline confirmed as government eyes ‘backstop’ power [updated]
The government will give itself the power to decide what pooling organisation a local authority pension fund should join as a “backstop” to ensure its “megafunds” plan for the Local Government Pension Scheme succeeds.
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NewsLondon CIV backs venture capital vehicle in drive for private equity exposure
The £50bn Local Government Pension Scheme asset pool is the first public sector entity to back the British Business Bank’s planned new venture capital fund for pension investors.
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NewsGovernment sets out £25bn ‘megafunds’ plan for DC funds
Pensions Expert is covering all the major talking points from the long-awaited Pensions Investment Review, including legislative ‘backstops’ for UK investment and LGPS pooling, and measures to aid the consolidation of DC pension schemes. Our coverage is summarised here or available elsewhere on the website.
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NewsLGPS requests more time to manage pooling effectively
The pooling deadline of 31 March 2026 must be moved back if the LGPS is to deal effectively with all the changes it faces, according to the Scheme Advisory Board.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Making waves with pooling plans
Nick Reeve looks back at the LGPS Pooling Symposium at a crucial time for local authority pension schemes and administering authorities.
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NewsWhat can LGPS funds do with their funding surpluses?
David Vallery, chief executive of the Lothian Pension Fund, told LAPF Investments about the three main options open to LGPS funds for using funding surpluses.
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NewsExperts praise Brunel’s achievements amid government wind-up order
Credit: Dean Moriarty Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel Asset managers have defended the work of the Brunel Pension Partnership after the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pool was told to wind up by the government.
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People NewsBorder to Coast hires for advisory roles to get ‘fit for the future’
Mercer’s Peter Gent will take on the new position of head of investment advisory at the end of next month as the pool prepares to offer strategic advice to its partner funds.
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NewsActuary’s role in LGPS governance ‘could become blurred’, law firm warns
Burges Salmon lawyers have outlined that the recent case of Kensington and Chelsea reducing its contribution rate poses questions over the wider role of actuaries in the LGPS.
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FeaturesFive Questions For… Jeff Dong, City and County of Swansea Pension Fund
The latest in Pensions Expert’s Five Questions series features one of the leading lights in local authority pensions in Wales. Jeff Dong, head of finance and pension fund at the City & County of Swansea, explains how his fund has evolved over the past 20 years and the investments it is making into the local community.