All Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) articles – Page 6
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NewsBorder to Coast launches £2.3bn private markets programme
The new fund will target opportunities across infrastructure, private equity, and private credit
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NewsToo soon for LGPS reform on further consolidation, says PLSA
A forthcoming consultation would propose LGPS funds transfer all listed assets into their pools by March 2025
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NewsBorder to Coast appoints emerging market equity managers for £700m
Due to launch in spring 2023, the new fund will complement Border to Coast’s existing internally managed EM proposition
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Gilts crisis won’t undermine attractions of private markets for long-term investors
Many of the government’s ambitions to reboot growth in the UK economy require solutions which private assets are well equipped and prepared to provide in a timely manner
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NewsLPPI ceo calls on LGPS to accelerate asset pooling
The pool revised projections and is now expecting to deliver net cost savings of more than £200m by 2025, more than £350m by 2030 and more than £500m by 2035
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Border to Coast needs better data to include private assets in climate target
Local government pensions pool publishes roadmap for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050
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Border to Coast to set out net-zero roadmap this autumn
UK local government pensions pool to publish detailed plan a year after making 2050 climate pledge
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NewsLondon CIV posts gross savings of £25m
‘We do understand the challenges involved as each client fund wants to make investment decisions based on their decisions about strategic asset allocations,’ says chair
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UK roundup: APPG recommends auto-enrolment equivalent for self employed
Plus: Isio partners with CIPFA to support LGPS funds; Just Group completes £500m DB de-risking transaction
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NewsBorder to Coast commits final investments in first £5.7bn private markets programme
In total, the programme invested into 61 funds and made three co-investments
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West Yorkshire Pension Fund to use derivatives ESG risk framework
Framework will be used to build an ESG-aware derivatives overlay as fund gradually builds its portfolio of illiquid, alternative assets
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NewsUK looks to accelerate local authority asset pooling project
Ministers are reportedly growing impatient with progress on pooling the assets of the LGPS
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LGPS climate reporting rules expected in autumn
Chair of the LGPS Scheme Advisory Board expresses disappointment at delay to TCFD-aligned reporting
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LGPS pushes for reporting consistency as pooling increases
Pooled vehicles now account for two thirds of local authority pension assets, according to the scheme’s latest annual report
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NewsScotland’s Falkirk and Lothian pension funds target merger
Background work has determined that a merger would be viable and beneficial, the local authority pension funds said
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NewsBorder to Coast to tender £1bn in EM equity alpha fund
Up to two EM equity managers can be hired to manage around £650m of the fund, joining two China specialist managers already appointed
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Country ReportUK: Behind the pooling figures for local government pensions
Comparing the cost savings of the eight local government pension scheme pools is a complex exercise
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the UK (May 2022)
The 80-plus local government pension funds in England and Wales have been on course to consolidate into eight asset pools for the last six years, with a target of €1-2bn in cost savings by 2033.
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More LGPS heavyweights back VC clean tech fund
Merseyside, South Yorkshire and Strathclyde have now all committed to the Clean Growth Fund
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LGPS pool Brunel now ‘breaking even’
From vantage point of cost savings, ’pooling seems to be working’
