All LGPS Central articles – Page 2

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    News

    LGPS funds finish 2021 with an increased ESG equity focus

    2022-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Data crunch: Making a broad equity allocation without incorporating environmental, social and governance criteria is now almost anathema to local authority pension schemes, at least according to the data collected by MandateWire over the fourth quarter of 2021. 

  • Bloomberg
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    LGPS funds question government’s ‘levelling up’ investment target

    2022-02-04T00:00:00Z

    A handful of Local Government Pension Scheme funds and a former pensions minister are unconvinced by the government’s new requirement for these schemes to set out plans for investing up to 5 per cent of their assets in domestic projects, as trustees’ fiduciary responsibilities could come under threat.

  • ESG spotlight
    News

    LGPS Central commits to net zero, PIC invests in urban regeneration

    2022-01-27T00:00:00Z

    ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including LGPS Central committing to net zero, and Pension Insurance Corporation investing in an urban regeneration project.

  • News on the go
    News

    LGPS Central appoints property and investment manager

    2022-01-05T00:00:00Z

    On the go: LGPS Central, which has around £49bn in assets under management on behalf of eight Local Government Pension Scheme funds, has awarded a contract for property and investment management services.

  • Bloomberg
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    LGPS must consider net-zero impact to avoid social downturn, MPs say

    2021-10-21T00:00:00Z

    MPs have called on Local Government Pension Scheme funds to mitigate the economic and social risks that a shift to a net-zero economy may have on the communities most affected by the green transition, averting a repeat of the mistakes made during the downturn of industry in the 1980s.

  • Podcasts
    Podcasts

    Podcast: TCFD helps schemes to understand financial risks

    2021-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Podcast: The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures requirements are a great opportunity for pension funds to set a strategy which helps them understand the financial risks involved in climate change, says Will Martindale, group head of sustainability at Cardano. He is joined by Joanne Segars, chair of the board of directors of LGPS Central and chair of Now Pensions, to discuss how schemes can best implement the imminent new rules.

  • News

    Nest joins campaign for Barclays fossil fuel divestment

    2020-02-24T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Master trust Nest has joined a group of institutional investors urging Barclays to publish a plan to gradually phase out its financing of fossil fuel companies.

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    Local schemes urge Barclays to stop financing fossil fuel companies

    2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Several local government pension schemes are asking Barclays to publish a plan to gradually phase out its financing of fossil fuel companies, as the bank has provided more than $85bn (£65bn) to such companies since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015.