LGPS

The market value of funds for the English and Welsh local government pension schemes (LGPS) reached £259bn at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, official statistics show.

The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (BCPP) has appointed Fiona Miller as its first chief operating officer (COO), as well as two non-executive directors.

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The Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS's) Access pool has appointed UBS Asset Management to run the consolidated passive mandates for 11 administrating authorities.

The Lancashire County Pension Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority have pooled £1.3bn of their existing credit investments into the Local Pension Partnership (LPP).

The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (BCPP) between 12 local authority pension funds has appointed Rachel Elwell as its first chief executive.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has called on the Scottish government to reform cessation debt rules in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The central Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool has named John Burns as both its chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO).

Brunel Pension Partnership (BPP) is looking for a head of private markets to directly invest the pool in real estate, infrastructure, private equity, and debt.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has become the latest asset manager to sign up to the £217bn Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.