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Two Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pools and two funds have joined a group of investors calling on Barclays bank to cease fossil fuel investment. Brunel Pension Partnership, LGPS Central,[…]
Public spending watchdog the Accounts Commission has flagged up transparency failings in its latest annual report on the financial health of local authorities in Scotland. The body said an analysis[…]
LGPS committee members and managers have been asked to elevate the importance of the “S” in ESG (environmental, social and governance) to help protect workers’ rights as the world confronts[…]
As an eventful year for local authority treasurers draws to a close, Room 151 takes a look at the top 10 stories from the sector during 2019. 10. Spending watchdog[…]
I have spent the last decade leading Bedfordshire Pension Fund (BPF) as chairman of the pensions committee. We are facing many challenges, not least the reforms that the Local Government[…]
Under performance and high costs have given active management a bad press, some of it well deserved. But it appears to be on the brink of a renaissance with some[…]
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[…]
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[…]
The pressure to integrate climate change thinking into LGPS asset management is growing. At the Room 151 LGPS Asset Allocation Forum, experts insisted climate be seen as a strategic issue[…]
I have a story about two LGPS conferences, two conference chairs and an industry that appears to be changing for the better. I know, sounds like a real doozy, but[…]
