All Pooling articles
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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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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.
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NewsSomerset and Dorset join LPPI as pooling deadline looms
Two more members of the Brunel Pension Partnership have opted to join Local Pensions Partnership Investments as their new pool, with final decisions required by 30 September.
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NewsAvon opts for LPPI in search for new pooling partner
The £5.8bn Avon Pension Fund has confirmed its decision to join Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) as the Local Government Pension Scheme pooling reshuffle continues.
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NewsLPPI mulls taking on Brunel business as final LGPS funds pick pools
The Devon Pension Fund has opted to join LPPI as the pooling reshuffle within the Local Government Pension Scheme continues, with indications that more funds could follow suit.
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NewsLGPS Central to gain another partner fund as Gloucestershire makes 'pivotal' decision
Seven LGPS funds are yet to choose a new pooling partner after the government ordered the ACCESS and Brunel pools to be closed down earlier this year.
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People NewsWales Pension Partnership names first chief exec ahead of next phase of pooling
The Wales Pension Partnership has appointed Rob Lamb as the organisation’s chief executive as it prepares for the next stage of asset pooling in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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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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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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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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VideosHow LPPI is getting ‘fit for the future’ and preparing for the next phase of pooling
Matthew Graham, chief business development officer at Local Pension Partnership Investments, explains his organisation’s position as the LGPS seeks to get ‘fit for the future’.
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VideosLAPF Spotlight: Measuring the success of pooling, with Surrey’s Neil Mason
Surrey County Council’s Neil Mason sat down with LAPF Investments to explain how his pool, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, is progressing towards the government’s targets.
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NewsMore cost concerns raised over LGPS asset pooling plans
One of the LGPS funds now searching for a new pool has warned of a hefty cost impact, as the government seeks to accelerate pooling over the next few months.
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NewsGovernment’s backstop power to force LGPS pool decisions was ‘a surprise’
The government’s potential introduction of a power to force LGPS funds into specific pools took some in the system by surprise, according to one fund’s chief executive.
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NewsFocus on members amid government reform demands, LGPS urged
The chair of the LGPS’s Scheme Advisory Board has encouraged the system’s staff to “keep doing the day job” as the government’s reform agenda looms large.
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NewsWelsh pension capital deployed in new housing and infrastructure schemes
Pension schemes in Wales have backed new investment opportunities as pressure mounts on local authority schemes to channel more money into local investments.