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LAPF Spotlight - Jo Donnelly, LPFA

Jo Donnelly: The increasingly complex challenges facing the LGPS

2025-07-01T08:00:00+01:00By

Jo Donnelly, the new chief executive of the London Pensions Fund Authority, recently spoke to LAPF Investments about her previous role at the Local Government Association and the increasing challenges facing the sector.

Matthew Graham, LPPI-GLIL, LAPF Spotlight

How LPPI is getting ‘fit for the future’ and preparing for the next phase of pooling

2025-06-25T09:00:00+01:00By

Matthew Graham, chief business development officer at Local Pension Partnership Investments, explains his organisation’s position as the LGPS seeks to get ‘fit for the future’.

LAPF Spotlight - Neil Mason, Surrey

LAPF Spotlight: Measuring the success of pooling, with Surrey’s Neil Mason

2025-06-24T08:00:00+01:00By

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 Depth: LGPS surpluses and tight budgets make for ‘challenging mix’

2025-06-23T10:00:00+01:00By and

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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Pensions dashboards are ‘only the start of the digital journey’ [updated]

2025-06-18T11:34:00+01:00By

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.

Brunel, Bristol, Clifton Suspension Bridge, credit Dean Moriarty

More cost concerns raised over LGPS asset pooling plans

2025-06-18T07:45:00+01:00By and

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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Government’s backstop power to force LGPS pool decisions was ‘a surprise’

2025-06-17T13:24:00+01:00By

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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Focus on members amid government reform demands, LGPS urged

2025-06-17T10:55:00+01:00By

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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Border to Coast launches first index fund with £2.6bn multi-factor strategy

2025-06-12T15:31:00+01:00By

BlackRock will manage the multi-factor index fund, which has secured cornerstone investments from five LGPS funds.

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Welsh pension capital deployed in new housing and infrastructure schemes

2025-06-09T15:20:00+01:00By

Pension schemes in Wales have backed new investment opportunities as pressure mounts on local authority schemes to channel more money into local investments.