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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Social care workforce crisis ‘requires government intervention’

    August 15, 2022

  • Consultation opens on future of IFRS 9 statutory override

    August 12, 2022

  • EAPF criticised for water company investments

    August 10, 2022

  • Welsh pension fund confirms £50m investment in clean energy

    August 10, 2022

  • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA

    August 10, 2022

  • Consultation opens into care charging reforms

    August 9, 2022

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  • 151 News
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    • David Green
    • Agent 151
    • 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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LGPS

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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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    • in Blogs · LGPS · Net Zero
    • — 15 Feb, 2022

    LGPS investing: how impact funds can contribute to net-zero ambitions

    Partner Content: Andrés Senouf from Temporis Capital discusses how the LGPS can use investments to generate a positive environmental impact alongside a financial return, while avoiding “green washing”. The Local[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Social care workforce crisis ‘requires government intervention’
    • Consultation opens on future of IFRS 9 statutory override
    • EAPF criticised for water company investments
    • Welsh pension fund confirms £50m investment in clean energy
    • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA
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