Local Government Pension Scheme
Defined Benefit
The £9bn Tyne & Wear Pension Fund and the £1.4bn Northumberland County Council Pension Fund are set to merge following a consultation by the government.
14 May 2020
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) has appointed Robeco to run its voting and engagement services following a comprehensive procurement process.
11 May 2020
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1 min read
Investment
Northern LGPS has opened a procurement framework for property investment managers, mirroring existing collaboration agreements with local authority funds.
06 May 2020
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1 min read
Appointments
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has hired three people to its investment team and two to its research team following a series of new fund launches.
05 May 2020
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2 min read
Investment
The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has hired CACEIS to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services across the partnership.
14 April 2020
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2 min read
Investment
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its first fixed income product with a £2.5bn sterling investment-grade credit fund.
08 April 2020
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has gone live with a cost transparency compliance system and has on-boarded all UK schemes onto the platform.
03 April 2020
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2 min read
Investment
A £1.2bn global investment-grade corporate bond fund has been launched by LGPS Central with four initial investors.
27 March 2020
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
Members are increasingly seeking external adjudication on schemes’ approach to ESG issues. Stephen Richards outlines the steps trustees can take to prepare for this activism.
27 January 2020
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4 min read
Investment
The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has called on asset managers to become more climate-aware or face removal from its portfolios.
27 January 2020
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2 min read
