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LGPS pools make senior hires as new landscape takes shape
LGPS Central hires from Church Commissioners for a key operations role, while LPPI brings a Brunel non-exec onto its board to aid the transition for new partner funds.
Rule changes take aim at LGPS gender pension gap
Additional unpaid maternity leave is to become automatically pensionable under changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme coming into force from April.
LPPI eyes Bristol office as it absorbs ex-Brunel funds
The LGPS pool is offering roles to staff at Brunel Pension Partnership, which was ordered to shut down by the government last year.
Always A Pensions Angle: Probing amendments and Panglossian optimism
Nick reports from wet and windy Scotland (with trainee guide dog Jenny) as he and Tom dissect the Pension Schemes Bill’s journey through the House of Lords, and mull over what the US’s recent actions mean for portfolios.
LGPS Central hires Dowdall to lead local investment drive
LGPS Central, one of the asset pooling companies for the Local Government Pension Scheme, has named Paddy Dowdall as investment director for local investment.
Always A Pensions Angle: New year, same bill
In the first episode of 2026, Nick and Tom shake off the Christmas cobwebs as the Pension Schemes Bill faces serious Lords scrutiny. Plus: The LGPS grapples with Fit for the Future timescales, and we talk bulk annuities.
Northern LGPS begins search for executive team to lead pool
The Northern LGPS asset pool has launched recruitment for its first senior leadership team as it develops into a standalone pooled investment organisation.
Always A Pensions Angle: Bells, Bills, and Brunel
Pour yourself some mulled wine and settle in as Nick and Tom dissect the wildest year in pensions for ages, from the Pension Schemes Bill to the LGPS reshuffle, megafunds to value for money.
Civil service urged to adopt LGPS-style reforms to close gender pension gap
In a joint letter to Anna Turley, minister of state at the Cabinet Office, Prospect and the FDA have warned that the gender gap in pension outcomes for retired civil servants was “unacceptably high” at around 45%.
PMI launches partnership initiative to boost training and development
Three administration providers have signed up as founding members of the PMI’s Development Partnerships programme, after a regulatory report flagged recruitment and retention issues in the sector.
Six LGPS funds confirmed as members of expanded LPPI
The Devon, Avon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall and Environment Agency pension funds have signed a memorandum of understanding paving the way for them to join the Local Pensions Partnership Investments pool.
LGPS funds invest in regional airports as schemes up infra allocations
The West Midlands and Cheshire local authority pension funds have invested in a portfolio of regional airports through a partnership established by the LGPS Central pool.
LGPS Central confirms six new partner funds as assets top £100bn
Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire are confirmed as new members of LGPS Central, as the pool seeks to help break a deadlock at the Isle of Wight LGPS fund.
LGPS expected to join Sterling 20 initiative next year
Senior members of the LGPS, including representatives of the Local Pensions Partnership Investments and LGPS Central pools, attended the government’s inaugural Regional Investment Summit this week.