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  • Interview: Doug Heron, CEO, Lothian Pension Fund 0
    • in Interviews · LGPSi
    • — 1 Dec, 2019

    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[…]

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    Interview: Nick Buckland on asset allocation after LGPS pooling 0
    • in Interviews · LGPSi
    • — 22 Oct, 2019

    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[…]

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  • Interview: Tim Atkins on investing in place 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Interviews
    • — 26 Aug, 2019

    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[…]

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    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 0
    • in 151 News · Interviews
    • — 28 Feb, 2019

    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[…]

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  • LGPS Q&A: Rachel Elwell on engagement, private markets and hiring a new CIO 0
    • in Interviews · LGPSi
    • — 28 Oct, 2018

    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[…]

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    Sponsored Q&A: Nigel Jenkins on interest rates, Brexit and Libor reform 0
    • in Interviews · Treasury
    • — 20 Sep, 2018

    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[…]

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  • LGPS Q&A: Peter Wallach on the Northern Pool, infrastructure and downside equity protection 0
    • in Interviews · LGPSi
    • — 18 Jul, 2018

    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[…]

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    Sponsored Q&A: CCLA’s Michael Quicke on the Local Authorities’ Property Fund reaching £1bn 0
    • in Interviews · Treasury
    • — 31 May, 2018

    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[…]

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  • LGPS Q&A: Chris Rule of Local Pensions Partnership on housing and regeneration 0
    • in Interviews · LGPSi
    • — 17 Apr, 2018

    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[…]

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    Q&A: Symon Drake-Brockman on private debt investing 0
    • in Interviews · LGPSi · Treasury
    • — 7 Sep, 2017

    Q&A: Symon Drake-Brockman on private debt investing

    Sponsored Q&A:  Pemberton’s Symon Drake-Brockman on private debt investing for local government treasurers and pension funds. Room151: Tell us a little bit about private debt investing and how Pemberton operates[…]

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