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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Slough welcomes commitment that Office for Local Government ‘will not be a burden’

    June 30, 2022

  • Homes England agrees strategic partnership with two authorities

    June 29, 2022

  • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets

    June 28, 2022

  • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’

    June 27, 2022

  • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as ‘disappointing’

    June 27, 2022

  • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council

    June 23, 2022

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    • David Green
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    • Dan Bates
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Sheen
    • James Bevan
    • Steve Bishop
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • David Crum
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O’Donnell
    • Jackie Shute
  • Interviews
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    • in LGPS
    • — 10 May, 2022

    Insights and inspiration from LGPS leaders past and present

    Four current and former LGPS leaders have recently given powerful and insightful interviews as part of the Fiftyfaces podcast, which showcases inspiring investors and their stories. Hosted by Aoifinn Devitt,[…]

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    • in Blogs · LGPS · Net Zero
    • — 7 Apr, 2022

    The net-zero challenge for LGPS funds

    Philip Pearson looks at the issues impacting LGPS funds as they attempt to decarbonise their portfolios to both reduce climate risks and capture associated investment opportunities. Addressing climate change is[…]

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    • in Blogs · LGPS
    • — 31 Mar, 2022

    2022 LGPS valuations: options, opportunities and objectives

    For the first time in the working lives of many people, the 2022 LGPS valuations will likely show funding surpluses. Fund actuary Robbie McInroy gives the inside track on options[…]

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    • in 151 News · Levelling up · LGPS
    • — 17 Mar, 2022

    LGPS seeking clarity on levelling up agenda and pension pooling

    Greater clarity is needed on a range of areas affecting the Local Government Pension Scheme – including the levelling up agenda and pension pooling – according to the incoming secretary[…]

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    • in Blogs · LGPS
    • — 8 Mar, 2022

    LGPS: responding to the new normal

    The war in Ukraine has already had a huge economic impact – globalisation has reversed, market capitalism contracted, inflation has surged and higher interest rates are threatened. William Bourne warns[…]

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    • in Blogs · LGPS · Responsible investing
    • — 7 Mar, 2022

    Lessons from Ukraine: are defence exclusions ‘responsible’?

    Elizabeth Carey argues that, in the harsh light of the Russian invasion, some of the responsible investment assumptions of institutional investors about the defence sector look naïve and in need[…]

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    • in 151 News · LGPS
    • — 3 Mar, 2022

    LGPS funds seeking to divest from Russia

    A significant number of local government pension funds are looking to divest from Russian assets, while councils are seeking to terminate energy contracts with Russian suppliers, as pressure grows following[…]

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    • in 151 News · Levelling up · LGPS · Net Zero
    • — 24 Feb, 2022

    ‘Demand outpacing supply’ on green LGPS investments

    Speakers at this week’s Room151 LGPS Quarterly Webcast questioned if investment returns were being affected by a lack of supply of appropriate green infrastructure projects. Mark Gayler, head of investments[…]

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    • in Blogs · LGPS · Risk management
    • — 16 Feb, 2022

    Astrology, the lottery and predicting the next big risk

    How can those involved with the LGPS maximise the chances of predicting, and planning for, the next cyber-attack or pandemic-style event? What links British Airways, LinkedIn, the NHS and Travelex?[…]

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    • in Blogs · Infrastructure · Levelling up · LGPS
    • — 16 Feb, 2022

    Levelling up and the LGPS

    Richard Harbord discusses government plans in the levelling up white paper for LGPS funds to invest up to 5% of their assets in infrastructure projects that support local areas. Most[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Homes England agrees strategic partnership with two authorities
    • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets
    • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’
    • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as ‘disappointing’
    • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council
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