12 days of Christmas messages from the section 151 officer
“On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love (section 151 officers) said to me (chief executives) – “I’ve got a list of 12 things for you to do!” The[…]
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A year in the life of an s151: ‘We delivered unbelievable things’
Tracie Langley, Cornwall’s s151 officer, looks back at another year dominated by the pandemic, budgets, elections and “you-would-just-never-believe-it” stories. I can’t say I bounced out of bed on that first[…]
Making a clean, green future a reality
Sponsored article: William MacLeod explores the ‘net zero’ investment opportunities in renewable energy and the built environment. If COP26 emphasised anything, it was that the challenge to meet net zero[…]
The outlook for equity markets: The Bull and Bear Case
With equity markets on a knife-edge heading into 2022, we tasked Border to Coast’s Ryan Boothroyd and Anthony Petalas, to set out plausible bull and bear cases over the next[…]
LGPS: Top stories 2021
It’s been quite a year in LGPS. The scheme has been confronting climate, government’s desire for an investment “Big Bang”, cryptocurrencies, aiding placemaking and supporting the creation of national infrastructure.[…]
Valuations 2022: what might it means for investment strategy?
Jill Davys considers next years LGPS valuations and implications for cashflow, risk managment and ESG. It feels like only yesterday when the sense of relief at getting 2019 valuations signed[…]
LGPS funding adequacy: Is 150% the new 100%?
Elizabeth M. Carey writes that LGPS funds should target levels above 100% before anyone begins to feel comfortably funded. In an age when many people are living longer and healthier,[…]
2022 is the year for confronting ‘chaos’ in audit and accounting
Stephen Sheen looks back over the past 12 months and reveals how it should guide regulators in the New Year. I have just looked back at the article I wrote[…]
Spending review prompts more calls for long-term funding answers
When the chancellor delivered this autumn’s spending review it was not without merit. But despite claims of a three-year settlements, experts worry funding structures remain distinctly short term. Despite October’s[…]
Good LGPS risk management is ‘living in the past, present and future’
Risk management in the Local Government Pension Scheme is a perennial issue. Susan Black writes how the ghosts who haunted Scrooge can teach us something about risk management now. “I[…]
