LGPS

The transparency code set up in June for the £217bn Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is quickly gaining traction among asset managers, with the total number of signatories reaching 12.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Chris Sier to chair its working group on disclosure of costs and charges for institutional investors.

The £43bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (BCPP) has appointed RPMI's outgoing chief executive Chris Hitchen as non-executive chairman.

Jason Fletcher has been appointed chief investment officer (CIO) of the £40bn pool for nine midlands-based Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.

LGPS Central has named John Nestor and Eithne McManus as non-executive directors as it appoints its team ahead of the April 2018 deadline.

The Brunel Pension Partnership has formed an investment company to manage £27.5bn of local government pension scheme (LGPS) assets.

John Gray expains why pension funds should be invested in members' interests and not at the whim of the current foreign secretary.

The government has been given permission to appeal a High Court ruling which deemed its investment guidance for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) unlawful.

The investment pool set up by the Lancashire County Pension Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has rolled out a new fund to investment in global infrastructure projects.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has eased new rules for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) after concerns they could pose barriers to infrastructure investment and even cause an asset fire-sale.