LGPS

The City and County of Swansea Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) will swap around a quarter of its assets to a low-carbon fund by the end of the month, it has announced.

There is mounting pressure on schemes to engage more actively with firms in which they invest. Charlotte Moore takes a look at the different approaches being used.

The government must find an additional £4bn of annual funding for public service pensions after it was denied leave to appeal a case concerning age discrimination.

The West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) has extended its 16-year partnership with Linedata, selecting the firm to lead its digital and back-office transformation programme.

The £9bn Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) has pledged £30m of scheme assets to a private direct lending fund designed to support small businesses and the UK economy.

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds must set investment objectives after the competition watchdog expanded those caught by its market investigation, but more clarity is needed, Hymans Robertson has said.

Northern LGPS has appointed Councillor Gerald Cooney as chairman, replacing Paul Doughty who has held the role on an interim basis since January.

There will be "ups and downs" for employers in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) as it carries out its 2019 valuation against the backdrop of the cost cap suspension and the McCloud judgment.

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) administering authorities which fail to pay their levy to the Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) will see their names published online, they have been warned.

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have interrupted the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) local authority conference as a minister rejected calls for intervention.