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The London Pensions Fund Authority has joined the list of founding investors in the Pensions Infrastructure Platform.

Pension Insurance Corporation founder Edmund Truell has been appointed as the chairman of the London Pensions Fund Authority.

Local Government Pension Scheme investment restrictions could be scrapped as part of the government's drive to boost scheme investment in infrastructure, PP has learned.

Local authority pension funds should pool together and invest in housing and associated infrastructure, a report has said.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at a joint government initiative to encourage UK pension schemes to invest in infrastructure.

A merger of 34 London borough pension funds into a multi-billion pound superfund is unlikely to happen until 2016 at the earliest, the head of London's largest scheme says.

London council leaders have raised governance concerns over proposals to merge council pension funds and invest directly in London infrastructure projects.

A Canadian infrastructure vehicle is set to go head-to-head with the UK government-backed Pension Infrastructure Platform in competition for scheme infrastructure cash.

London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has thrown his support behind plans to get pension funds to invest in London infrastructure projects, according to reports.

London councillors are exploring plans for a £30bn pan-London pension fund merging the assets of Transport for London, the City of London Corporation and 33 borough councils.