LGPS pooling: what options are being considered?
As funds finalise their initial plans for pooling assets, two experts discuss the structural options.

Now that the LGPS funds have finalised their initial plans for pooling assets, the next step is to decide what structures the pools will use. Two experts discuss the options.
Two structural options PwC director Mark Packham Two pooling structures feature in the initial proposals recently made by the investment pools. Both structures collectivise decision-making on appointing...
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