Do LGPS consultants add any value?
I was recently sent a paper written by Jay Youngdahl, lab fellow at the Edmond J Safra Centre for Ethics at Harvard, entitled “Investment Consultants and Institutional Corruption”, which turned out[…]
Author: David Crum
Are LGPS assets in safe hands?
Another train journey – this time heading down to London – and another opportunity to have a few uninterrupted hours to focus on work. These journeys have proved to be[…]
Bond price movement and tactical asset allocation
It has been some time since my last blog – almost 8 weeks now. I haven’t been sitting with my feet up, in case you were wondering. I did, however,[…]
Fund management costs – what lies beneath?
Winter, it would seem, has come early(ish) to the south of England. Whilst I’m not exactly freezing as I sit and write this latest blog entry, there is a nip[…]
Pensions committees – are they really working?
A busy few weeks has seen me struggle to find some time for blogging but I’ve now managed to set aside an hour or so to put fingers to keyboard[…]
Investment returns Vs principles: and the winner is…
Back to the real, post-Olympics, world now, which is such a shame, since it was great living in a bubble where the daily news was led with positive stories of[…]
Governance on my mind
Blogging, I’ve discovered, is not as easy as it looks. Coming up with topics that are vaguely interesting is going to be a bit of a challenge, I think, so[…]
Social housing for LGPS funds?
Time for blog two – this time, some thoughts on ‘local’ investment. As a topic, it does seem to be a no-brainer. I’m sure local authorities throughout the UK would[…]
A stubborn lack of purpose
Blogging is new to me, but I welcome the opportunity to set down some thoughts, observations and views on different aspects of the LGPS investment world. I’ll do my very[…]
