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PodcastsPodcast: LPPI’s Richard Tomlinson on the next phase of LGPS pooling
Always A Pensions Angle has teamed up with the Fifty Faces Podcast for a series of interviews with senior professionals from across the Local Government Pension Scheme. Episode four features LPPI’s Richard Tomlinson.
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In DepthSpecial report: The Pension Schemes Bill in the House of Lords
The landmark legislation begins its report stage this week, with peers still debating more than 180 amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill. Pensions Expert explores what is up for discussion over the next two weeks.
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NewsUnions and industry rally against Reform UK’s LGPS plans
Pensions UK has said Reform’s comments about the LGPS are “not supported by evidence”, as the party’s deputy leader confirms plans for a DB to DC switch.
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NewsWest Midlands joins PMI talent drive as governance scrutiny intensifies
The West Midlands Pension Fund has become the latest organisation to sign up to the Pensions Management Institute’s training and development initiative as a partner.
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People NewsLGPS 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.
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NewsRule 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.
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NewsLPPI 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.
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PodcastsAlways 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.
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People NewsLGPS 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.
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PodcastsAlways 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.
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NewsNorthern 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.
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PodcastsAlways 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.
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NewsCivil 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%.
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NewsPMI 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.
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NewsSix 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.
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NewsLGPS 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.
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NewsLGPS 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.
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NewsLGPS 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.
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NewsPensions UK Annual Conference - live blog coverage from Manchester
Live coverage from Manchester of the trade body’s first conference since its summer rebrand as Pensions UK.
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News‘Orphaned’ LGPS find new homes after months of uncertainty
After months of discussions and due diligence, 20 of the 21 LGPS funds affected by government pooling interventions have found new partners.