LGPS

The East Sussex Pension Fund (ESPF) is considering using securities lending as part of its switch to the ACCESS local government pool later this year.

The National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Frameworks has launched a new framework to procure transition management and implementation services.

The pooled structure set up by 12 local authority funds has appointed an interim chief investment officer (CIO), a chief risk officer (CRO), and head of equities and alternatives.

Julian Pendock has stepped down from his role as chief investment officer (CIO) of the £5.6bn London Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV).

Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) are being urged to divest £16bn from carbon within five years in a nationwide campaign launched by Unison today.

Schroders has become one of the largest asset managers to sign up to the Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

The £15bn Wales Pension Partnership has selected Link Asset Services as its authorised operator to set up and run a collective investment vehicle.

The £40bn midlands local government pension pool, LGPS Central, has appointed five to senior positions ahead of its April 2018 launch date.

Five local government pension schemes have committed £100m collectively as cornerstone investors to a ten-year closed-end vehicle called Hearthstone Residential Fund 1 (HRF1).

The Avon Pension Fund has appointed Loomis Sayles to run its first multi-asset credit mandate worth £485m after an open tender.