LGPS

Three local government pension funds have submitted their initial pooling proposal to the government to demonstrate how they will work together.

This week we want to know if people are doomed to work until they are 85 to secure a decent retirement income, and if the financial well-being of the young is being sacrificed for the old.

PP finds potential political interference in the LGPS on divestment decisions is causing concern.

The recent DCLG proposal to give government powers to overrule LGPS investment decisions is ill judged according to Catherine Howarth.

The biggest stories on PP this week were warnings that decent retirement could mean working until age 85, and the risks to members from pooling the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Councillor Roger Phillips has been appointed chairman of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) advisory board and succeeds Joanne Segars who is stepping down.

The government is right to stop the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) from making politically motivated investment decisions according to PP research.

Pooling the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) into six funds is too many to have the scale to tap into a wide range of infrastructure opportunities says BNY Mellon.

Pooling the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) may not tackle the root causes of its deficit hole and members could be put at risk, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.

This week we want to know if the government should ban the LGPS from taking part in politically motivated divestment campaigns and whether your DB scheme is cash flow negative.