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LGPS pool Brunel Pension Partnership Limited has appointed three investment managers to run a newly-launched emerging markets sub-fund. Genesis Investment Management, Wellington Management and Investec Asset Management have been selected[…]
Investment manager CCLA has launched an initiative to use shareholder power to encourage companies to tackle the scourge of modern slavery. CCLA has joined with investor organisation Principles for Responsible[…]
The costs of closing sub-funds mean Local Government Pension Scheme pools must be extremely careful before launching them, delegates at a Room 151 pensions investment conference heard. John Harrison, an[…]
Sponsored Article: LGPS asset owners have an interest in seeing their funds managed by diverse teams. Simon Gregory of Royal Bank of Canada argues diversity not only provides equal opportunities[…]
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[…]
LGPS investment officers and s151s of administering authorities have just two weeks left to register for the Room151 LGPS Asset Allocation Forum. Taking place on 7 November at the London[…]
Asset allocation is undergoing significant change. Aoifinn Devitt, chair of the Room151 LGPS Asset Allocation Forum, looks at what the future may hold. What are the key challenges in asset[…]
The arrival of pooling has placed particular responsibilities on non-executives inside LGPS. Chris Bilsland reveals his focus on governance, communication, ESG and strategy. The key responsibilities of all non-executive directors[…]
A report has found that LGPS has failed to show the same rate of improvement in governance and administration as other public services schemes. Given the new “clearer, quicker and[…]
Results from the LGPS triennial valuations are coming in and they look good. Graeme Muir argues, however, it’s more complicated than that. We are now half way through the year[…]
