All LGPS articles
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Pay your pensions administrator some attention!
With Pension Awareness Week upon us, Nick Reeve looks at a crucial part of the pensions industry that is finally getting the positive attention it needs.
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NewsLGPS pools back report calling for local investment framework and standards
The report, published by impact advisory firm The Good Economy, was commissioned in response to the government’s drive for pension schemes to invest more in the UK.
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NewsOxfordshire selects LGPS Central as its preferred pooling destination
Eight LGPS funds are still looking to find a new home by the end of this month, after the government ordered the Brunel and ACCESS pools to be disbanded.
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NewsGovernment to remove LGPS investment power from Pension Schemes Bill
The government has proposed to remove a paragraph in the Pension Schemes Bill that would have given it the power to direct investments by LGPS asset pools.
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In DepthAmendment Watch: What changes are being proposed to the Pension Schemes Bill?
More than 270 amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill have been put forward for consideration by the parliamentary committee scrutinising the draft legislation. Pensions Expert looks at some of the most significant proposals.
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NewsBorder to Coast invests £67m in North American real estate
The allocation is within the pool’s Global Value-Add Real Estate fund, launched in late 2023 with an initial £370m in assets under management.
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NewsGMPF invests in £120m Trafford build-to-rent scheme
The £32.2bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has partnered with Moorfield Group to develop and operate a £120m build-to-rent asset in Trafford, Manchester.
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NewsPensions UK challenges Reform’s local government pension scheme claims
Pensions UK has issued a robust defence of the Local Government Pension Scheme after the Reform Party attacked charges and costs across the system.
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NewsScottish LGPS funds to come in scope of Pension Schemes Bill
The pensions minister has tabled a series of amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill aimed at bringing Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme funds into the scope of the bill.
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People NewsNew director for South Yorkshire LGPS fund
Gillian Taberner is to become the £11.1bn pension fund’s first female director when she takes up the role in December.
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NewsPensions UK to lobby for changes to mandation rules in Pension Schemes Bill
The retirement industry trade body is to step up lobbying against investment mandation when the Pension Schemes Bill returns to parliament next week.
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NewsLGPS funds and PPF among pension investors in £3bn aqueduct upgrade project
GLIL Infrastructure has teamed up with UK asset manager Equitix and Austrian construction firm Strabag to run a major upgrade of the Haweswater Aqueduct in the Lake District.
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NewsAvon to survey members over aerospace and defence investments
Around 20,000 members of the Local Government Pension Scheme fund will be polled next month after months of campaigning.
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NewsInvestment roundup: GLIL continues Bluefield partnership
Plus: Legal & General and Federated Hermes merge property funds to create £4.7bn vehicle.
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NewsRemaining ACCESS pension funds select LGPS Central as pooling partner
The Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, and Suffolk pension funds have announced their decision just a few days after their fellow ACCESS members chose to join Border to Coast.
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NewsBorder to Coast could reach £110bn as seven LGPS funds seek to join
Seven members of the ACCESS LGPS pool have stated their intention to switch to Border to Coast, a move that would significantly increase the latter pool’s assets under management.
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NewsACCESS partner funds will disband, pool acknowledges
The LGPS funds in the ACCESS and Brunel pools have until 30 September to decide on a new partner after the government’s decision to move from eight pools to six.
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NewsWiltshire announces LGPS Central as new pooling partner
The decision, which must be validated by the other LGPS Central partner funds, comes after the government ordered the Brunel and ACCESS pools to be disbanded.
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People NewsBorder to Coast names next chair as pooling changes loom
Former Phoenix Group chair John Lister is to take over as chair of the Border to Coast Pensions Partnership later this year, succeeding Chris Hitchen.
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VideosJo Donnelly: The increasingly complex challenges facing the LGPS
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.