All West Midlands Pension Fund articles
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PodcastsPodcast: LGPS faces affordability, engagement and policy challenges
Podcast: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s 2022 local authority conference unearthed the challenges facing the Local Government Pension Scheme and its employer members, including affordability, engagement and policy reforms. Recorded from the conference floor, Pensions Expert was joined by PLSA’s head of defined benefit, LGPS and investment Tiffany Tsang and West Midlands Pension Fund’s director of pensions Rachel Brothwood to discuss new research into the LGPS and what can be done to help employers.
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NewsActivists demand LGPS divestment from factory farming
Several Local Government Pension Scheme funds have come under pressure from animal rights activists over their exposure to factory farming, facing demands for divestment.
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NewsSchemes challenge managers to tackle lack of diversity
On the go: Asset managers who wish to continue to work with some of the biggest pension schemes in the UK will have to disclose how they are targeting diversity or risk losing their business.
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News
Proposed merger to swell UK pension fund behemoth by almost £500m
On the go: Plans for the UK’s second-largest local authority pension fund to swallow a local transport workers pension fund were announced on Tuesday, in a move aiming to protect member savings.
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FeaturesConfined benefits: the pension schemes propping up private prisons
Confined benefits - the pension schemes propping up private prisons and why change is comingInvestment in private security companies has always carried ethical considerations, as highlighted by the wave of anti-Trump divestment in the US. Closer to home, governance risks and the threat of renationalisation have funds rethinking the risk ...
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FeaturesWest Midlands to divest from arms manufacturer
The West Midlands Pension Fund has agreed to divest from South Korean arms manufacturer Hanwha Corporation after years of sustained pressure on the company from institutional investors across the globe in relation to cluster munitions.
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News
50-50 take up remains low, but tax changes could spur interest
Take up of a 50-50 option for members of local government pension scheme funds – which allows halving overall contributions – remains low but could rise with changes to pension tax next year.
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Opinion
Have a mega Christmas
From the blog: Just as everyone is slowing down for the holidays, looking at what’s coming up next year or finally doing the admin tasks they had put off for the past ten months...
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Features
WMPF markets third-party services to neutralise costs
West Midlands Pension Fund plans to market its internal support services to third parties in order to become cost-neutral by offsetting its administration costs.
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Features
South Yorks ups property, EMD and high-yield in search for returns
South Yorkshire Pension Fund has increased its allocation to property and placed greater emphasis on emerging market and high-yield debt as it searches for greater balance between risk and returns.
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Features
Police scheme ill-health fine shows cost of delays
An ombudsman fine concerning the Police Pension Scheme has highlighted the risk of misunderstanding who has the responsibility for ill-health awards and early retirement, finds Pippa Stephens.
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Features
How West Midlands reveals AVC exit charges to members
West Midlands Pension Fund is one of a number of schemes that have taken steps to communicate early-exit additional voluntary contribution charges, to avoid a backlash from members.
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FeaturesHow local authority schemes manage political risk
Following the loss of West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s chair at this month’s council elections, a number of local authority schemes outline what steps they take to ensure board continuity.