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In Depth: Is the LGPS the next frontier for professional trustees?
Governance reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme have introduced an independent advisory position that could be well suited to professional trustees. As an important deadline approaches, is this an opportunity for professional trustees to further expand their reach?
LPPI creates portfolio group to strengthen investment oversight
Local Pensions Partnership Investments has brought together three existing investment teams under a new structure, alongside a dedicated analytics function.
Appointments: PPF names chief actuary; GLIL adds to investment committee
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 23 October 2026.
Minister defends LGPS against sovereign fund proposals and praises progress
Pensions minister Torsten Bell defends LGPS progress and states that “we are in the foothills of what the pools can achieve”, amid political pressure for radical change.
Always A Pensions Angle: Fixing it before it breaks
In this episode, Tom and Nick dive into the Pensions Regulator’s “no surprises” enforcement approach, as well as DC consolidation, housing costs, and the latest on LGPS pooling.
The LGPS Interviews: Max Townshend, Local Pensions Partnership Investments
Max Townshend, head of investment strategy at Local Pensions Partnership Investments, talks to Tom Parker about the LGPS pool’s recent expansion and how this has affected its investment operations and strategy.
Always A Pensions Angle: Endgame drift and investment dilemmas
The Always A Pensions Angle team looks back on some stories listeners may have missed over the summer, from endgame developments to AI, from conflict zone investment to affordable housing.
Border to Coast agrees £400m deal for 866 rental homes
The acquisition comes as the LGPS pool continues to expand its UK Real Estate Fund, which it expects to grow to around £3bn over the next 12 months.
Investment roundup: LGPS funds launch housing manager; GLIL snaps up assets
Two local government asset pools are combining their property portfolios, while infrastructure manager GLIL is on the acquisition trail. Elsewhere, the British Business Bank continues to connect growing UK companies to pension fund capital.
Buying British: Railpen, Nest, LGPS pools exploring UK ‘scale up’ fund
Leading investment institutions are in talks with the British Business Bank and the Office for Investment about the creation of a £1bn fund to drive investment into domestic companies seeking scale-up capital.
Always A Pensions Angle: What the Commission heard…
As pensions minister (for now) Torsten Bell drops a bumper package of regulatory updates, co-hosts Tom Parker and Nick Reeve sift through the paperwork and also look into what the pensions industry is telling the Pensions Commission.
Always A Pensions Angle: Gold Stars and Grey Areas - LGPS Guidance Unpacked
Fresh from the LAPF Strategic Investment Forum, Tom Parker, Nick Reeve and Brian Gielty explore themes from the conference and the big talking points from the government’s ‘Fit for the Future’ guidance.
Brunel’s Faith Ward joins LPPI as strategic adviser
She has also launched ‘Faith In RI’, a consultancy service that is also seeking to preserve Brunel’s work on climate and sustainable investment.
Always A Pensions Angle: SpaceX, Surpluses, and the Senior LGPS Officer
With SpaceX launching onto public markets with a $2trn-plus valuation, podcast co-hosts Tom Parker and Nick Reeve don their pension-themed spacesuits to explore some of the more pressing issues it raises.