LGPS Central has committed £200 million to a new real estate debt fund managed by M&G Investments. The local government pension scheme pool for the Midlands region has invested in the latest closed...

The Taskforce on Social Factors has set out a series of recommendations and considerations for pension scheme trustees on understanding risks and opportunities related to social factors. The Pensions...

The LGPS will be brought into the scope of the government’s planned reporting requirements for UK assets as soon as next month, the chancellor announced today (6 March). The requirements were...

Jeremy Hunt has today announced in his Spring Budget that the LGPS will be required to disclose publicly their level of international and UK equity investments. Hunt said, “I want our brilliant...

The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) is increasing monitoring and engagement activity around specific social, governance and environmental issues in its portfolio following the publication of...

A fresh £8 billion investment from Australia’s biggest pension fund, AustralianSuper, will take its total investment in the UK to over £18 billion by the end of the decade. It comes after Chancellor...

Hymans Robertson LLP, the leading pensions and financial services consultancy, has promoted Iain Campbell to Head of LGPS Investments. Iain has played a significant role in our Investment DB team...

When an asset manager labels a fund as “green”, do they really mean it? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other regulators have been cracking down on concerns about ‘greenwashing’ in recent...

Pensions for Purpose, the fast-growing independent membership organisation helping pension funds invest for impact, today announced the appointment of Kevin Jones as Non-Executive Director (NED)....

West Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear and GLIL have all taken active steps to improve their climate and sustainability credentials in recent months. The West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) is consulting on a...

Robust growth, disinflation, and monetary easing trends are pointing to a stronger year for Emerging Market Debt (EMD), according to Euart MacKerron, Fixed Income Investment Analyst at Aegon Asset...

PGIM Private Capital provided nearly $13.7 billion of senior debt and junior capital to more than 250 middle-market companies and projects globally in 2023. PGIM Private Capital is a source of...

GLIL Infrastructure, the UK-based £3.6bn infrastructure investment fund, has adopted a new investment management framework to help it deliver on its target to become net zero by 2050. The Instituti...

The Avon Pension Fund serves 140,000 members across Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas. We manage £5.5 billion and are part of the Brunel Pension Partnership pool. Like all funds in the Local...

A poll of institutional investors indicates that concerns about volatility are fuelling demand for alternatives – with hedge funds top of the shopping list. Institutional investors are preparing for...

Today, Thursday 15 February 2024, The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) published What could effective pensions engagement look like? Supporting people to make informed active choices that lead to...

New figures paint a stark picture of the gender pension gap, with women facing a huge disparity in retirement income compared to men. Women would have to work for an additional 19 years to close the...

An update to the association’s Retirement Living Standards reflects the impact of the cost of living but also changing expectations of what people want from retirement. Its top tier “comfortable”...

The Labour party last week set out its plans for reform of the financial services sector, including several proposals affecting pensions. We asked industry commentators for their views. Pension...