LGPS

Local authority schemes must work alongside other stakeholders, in the UK and abroad, to deliver meaningful action on ESG issues, says John Gray

Nick Greenwood – the former manager of the £2.2bn Berkshire Pension Fund – died earlier this month.

Just 18% of institutional investors feel positive about the service they receive from the asset managers, analysis from independent data platform Insticube finds.

The Local Government Pension Scheme Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) has chosen technology provider Byhiras to develop a platform to ensure that asset managers comply with its cost transparency code.

The various potential routes for the government to respond to the McCloud judgment will mean some members lose out, writes Moira Warner.

Funds in LGPS Central will be given additional assistance to assist collection and analysis of investment costs after the pool partnered with KAS Bank.

Framework is needed now to help remedy the age-related differences in public service pension schemes. Virginia Burke looks at what administrators can do.

Local government funds should ditch prescribed governance models and move instead towards an outcomes-based approach with minimum standards, a report has proposed.

The changes likely to be required in public sector pension schemes following the McCloud judgement could have significant financial consequences for public sector outsourcing contractors, Aon says.

LGPS Central has launched an active, multi-manager emerging markets equity fund.