Should LGPS investors increase allocations to UK plc?

29 September 2026 by Andrew Holt

(Left to right: James Beaumont, Piers Hillier and Mark Davies, credit: Mark Flynn)

LGPS allocations to UK plc have been at the forefront of a growing debate with the government nudging the scheme to invest more in stocks at home.

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