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PodcastsAlways A Pensions Angle: Live from the LGPS Pooling Symposium
What does the Pension Schemes Act really mean for the Local Government Pension Scheme? And what didn’t make it in that we really should be paying attention to?
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PodcastsAlways A Pensions Angle: Ping pong, Trojan horses and the Pension Schemes Act
The Pension Schemes Bill is now the Pension Schemes Act. Co-hosts Nick Reeve and Tom Parker walk through the final week of parliamentary ping pong and the last-minute concessions that got the legislation over the line.
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PodcastsAlways A Pensions Angle: Sunny in Fife, cloudy on salary sacrifice
It may be Easter, but that doesn’t mean the podcast team are resting. The latest episode explores LGPS pooling as the ‘Fit for the Future’ deadline passes, and travels Down Under to find out what drives Aussie supers’ performance.
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PodcastsPodcast: Avon’s Nick Dixon on member engagement in the LGPS
Always A Pensions Angle has teamed up with the Fifty Faces Podcast for a series of interviews with senior professionals from across the LGPS. The fifth and final episode features Nick Dixon of the Avon Pension Fund.
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PodcastsAlways a Pensions Angle: Shadow pensions minister Helen Whately MP on mandation
All eyes were on parliament again this week, as peers scrutinised the Pension Schemes Bill amid mounting opposition to the mandation power. The Always a Pensions Angle team was among those watching intently.
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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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PodcastsAlways A Pensions Angle: Live From Edinburgh!
In this special edition of the Always a Pensions Angle podcast, Nick and Tom give us the lowdown on all the biggest stories to come out of the recent Pensions UK Investment Conference in Edinburgh.
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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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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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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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PodcastsAlways A Pensions Angle: Budget leaks and legislative tweaks
Fresh from the Pensions Expert Annual Conference at Pennyhill Park, hosts Thomas Parker and Nick Reeve tackle two massive stories: the Pension Schemes Bill’s third reading and the Autumn Budget.
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PodcastsAlways A Pensions Angle: Rumours, reversals, and a really big Budget
The rumour mill is well and truly in overdrive ahead of Wednesday’s Budget speech, and has been for some time. In the inaugural episode of our new podcast, Always A Pensions Angle, Tom Parker and Nick Reeve dig into the thorny issues of salary sacrifice, tax-free cash, and the political backdrop to it all.
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PodcastsPodcast: Should pension schemes invest in biodiversity?
Podcast: Newton Investment Management head of sustainable investment Therese Niklasson and NatureAlpha founder Dr Vian Sharif discuss biodiversity and pension scheme investment.
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NewsPodcast: Was the Bank of England right to intervene during the LDI crisis?
Podcast: Cartwright director of investment consulting Sam Roberts argues against the Bank of England’s autumn intervention in gilt markets, while the Lang Cat director of public affairs Tom McPhail gives his thoughts on the Autumn Statement.
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PodcastsPodcast: What challenges do different asset classes pose for ESG investment?
Podcast: Philip Shucksmith, a portfolio manager in Newton Investment Management’s real return team, and Martina Macpherson, head of ESG product management within the Financial Information Business Unit at SIX, discuss pension schemes and their path to net zero, debating how green investment in different asset classes works, along with the question of labelling so-called ‘green’ assets.
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PodcastsPodcast: LDI, PLSA and PIPAs - looking back with Andy Cheseldine
Podcast: Andy Cheseldine, professional trustee at Capital Cranfield and chair of the Small Pots Co-ordination Group, joins Pensions Expert to discuss market turmoil, the recent PLSA conference, small pots and the 2022 Pension and Investment Provider Awards.
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PodcastsPodcast: How to transform an investment team
Podcast: Newton Investment Management head of sustainable investment Therese Niklasson and Aegon head of responsible investment Hilkka Komulainen discuss how schemes can transform investment teams to drive environmental, social and governance thinking.
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PodcastsPodcast: TPR should not regulate LDI despite pensions crisis
Dalriada Trustees director David Fogarty and Cartwright director of investment consulting Sam Roberts discuss the causes to the recent market turmoil that precipitated the intervention by the Bank of England, what was done to stall it, and what the future holds.
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PodcastsPodcast: Webb - Opperman achieved but ‘got sidetracked easily’
Podcast: LCP partner Sir Steve Webb gives his view on Guy Opperman’s time as pensions minister, and discusses under-saving in defined contribution and a local council investment scandal.
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PodcastsPodcast: Pension tax changes needed to save NHS from ‘rock bottom’
Podcast: Staff shortages and ever-growing waiting lists have left the NHS at “rock bottom”, but the government “has its head in the sand”. Changes to the pensions taxation regime are essential to fix the problem, argues Vishal Sharma, pensions committee chair at the British Medical Association. He is joined by Mark Bondi, council member at the Society of Pension Professionals and senior technical consultant at Capita, to discuss the NHS, the High Court’s retail price index decision, and pension priorities for new prime minister Liz Truss.