'No apparent relationship' between funding level and risk appetite in the LGPS

LPPI analysis shows LGPS funds have ‘different considerations’

Holly Roach
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'No apparent relationship' between funding level and risk appetite in the LGPS

There is “no apparent relationship” between funding levels and risk appetite among the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), according to Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI).

In its recent Risk appetite in the LGPS: Can we smile? report, LPPI attempted to estimate the risk run across the LGPS by interpreting asset allocation data from 86 LGPS fund annual reports. The po...

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