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Equities for the LGPS: 2025 outlook

(Room151)

Equities account for over half of the average LGPS portfolio, but as concerns over concentration risks in US large caps are mounting, are investors changing their approach to the asset class?

Room151 sat down with Helen Jewell, CIO of BlackRock’s Fundamental Equities EMEA team and Peter Wallach, director of Pensions for the Merseyside Pension Fund to discuss new approaches to navigating stock markets.

Manchesterism has become the most talked about idea of Andy Burnham’s premiership so far, does it offer place-based opportunities for LGPS pools and funds beyond the city?

(Room151 Manchesterism Roundtable, credit Mark Flynn)