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LGPS and local investment: balancing regional impact with returns

Local investment is increasingly seen as an opportunity for the LGPS to support regional economic growth, but questions remain over how local investment should be defined and where opportunities exist.

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At the Room 151 investment forum, a panel addressed the important issue of local investment. Mark Gayler, assistant director of pensions and investments at

An increase in assets and improving funding levels paint a positive picture for the LGPS, but changes to contribution rates, valuation assumptions and costs reveal a more complex financial outlook.