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    • in 151 News · David Crum · Funding
    • — 30 Nov, 2018

    Treasury societies call on minister to tackle SEND children funding crisis

    The presidents of the Society of London Treasurers and the Society of County Treasurers have written to Damian Hinds MP, the secretary of state for education, asking for an urgent[…]

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    • in David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 11 Jun, 2013

    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[…]

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    • in David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 26 Mar, 2013

    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[…]

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    • in David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 4 Feb, 2013

    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,[…]

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    • in David Crum · LGPSi · Recent Posts
    • — 5 Nov, 2012

    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[…]

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    • in David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 27 Sep, 2012

    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[…]

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    • in Blogs · David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 22 Aug, 2012

    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[…]

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    • in Blogs · David Crum · Recent Posts
    • — 30 Jul, 2012

    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[…]

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    • in Blogs · David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 18 Jul, 2012

    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[…]

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    • in Blogs · David Crum · LGPSi
    • — 27 Jun, 2012

    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[…]

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