LGPS women discuss: climate & pension fund investing
Climate change has become one of the biggest issues for asset owners and managers as they move to tackle global warming. Room151 convened a roundtable of LGPS practitioners and advisers[…]
Interviews
Interview: Doug Heron, CEO, Lothian Pension Fund
Doug Heron is heading towards marking one year at Lothian after making the switch from the world of fintech platforms to local government pensions. He talks to Room151 about core[…]
Interview: Nick Buckland on asset allocation after LGPS pooling
Mercer LGPS adviser Nick Buckland has seen LGPS from both sides of the investment equation and witnessed its transformation through pooling. A former adviser with JLT Employee Benefits before it[…]
Interview: Tim Atkins on investing in place
Cheltenham Borough Council’s managing director for place and growth, Tim Atkins talks to Room151 about how the authority has brought together its strategies for commercial investment and place-making. Room151: What[…]
Q&A: Newcastle’s Tony Kirkham on the Fair Funding and Spending Reviews, business rates retention, and the way government money is shared out among local authorities
Q&A: Tony Kirkham is the director of resources and section 151 officer at Newcastle City Council, and president of the Society of Municipal Treasurers. He spoke to Room 151’s Ian[…]
LGPS Q&A: Rachel Elwell on engagement, private markets and hiring a new CIO
Border to Coast’s chief executive, Rachel Elwell, discusses the pool’s engagement mandate with Robeco, the governance of private markets investing and the appointment of Daniel Booth as the pool’s new[…]
Sponsored Q&A: Nigel Jenkins on interest rates, Brexit and Libor reform
Nigel Jenkins, managing principal with Payden Rygel and manager of the Payden Sterling Reserve Fund speaks to Room151 about the major issues impacting treasury investment strategy today. Room151: In view[…]
LGPS Q&A: Peter Wallach on the Northern Pool, infrastructure and downside equity protection
Merseyside’s director of pensions, Peter Wallach, offers an update on the progress of the Northern Pool and reveals his views on infrastructure and providing downside equity protection to individual employers[…]
Sponsored Q&A: CCLA’s Michael Quicke on the Local Authorities’ Property Fund reaching £1bn
Sponsored Q&A: In the last five years years, the Local Authority Property Fund has gone from being a relatively unknown quantity to a staple in the local authority treasury investor’s[…]
LGPS Q&A: Chris Rule of Local Pensions Partnership on housing and regeneration
Interest in housing and regeneration among institutional investors is growing. In an exclusive interview for Room151, Chris Rule discusses the Local Pensions Partnership’s approach to investing in shared-ownership, social housing[…]
