LGPS

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.

The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed it will pool some of its assets with the Local Pensions Partnership (LPP).

Hugh Grover will step down from his role as chief executive of the £5.6bn London Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV) at the end of next week.

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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