All LGPS Central articles
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NewsLGPS Central sees assets under management grow to £29.9bn
the pool claims to date it has saved partner funds £89m
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NewsLGPS Central appoints Longview Partners as global equity manager
Longview joins the existing managers Harris, Schroders, and Union
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NewsPeople moves: LGPS Central picks new chief commercial officer
Plus: Chair of Swedish Fund Selection Agency asks for resignation; IFoA appoints president-elect; P+ in Denmark names responsible investments head
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NewsPeople moves: Clara-Pensions names new chief operating officer
Plus: LCP appoints independent chair; IFM Investors recruits head of global consultant relations
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NewsCEO of Royal Mail Scheme joins LGPS Central
Richard Law-Deeks will work with partner funds, the board and Central’s expert team of colleagues to set and deliver the future direction of the pool
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NewsLGPS Central seeks sterling investment grade credit manager via IPE Quest
The UK investment pool is expected to funded the mandate in mid-2024 with a total value of around £600m
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NewsPeople moves: LGPS Central appoints private and public market heads
Plus: DC Investment Forum picks chair, vice-chair; Lombard Odier names new chief operating officer
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NewsLGPS Central flags ‘coolest climate tech’ at COP28
Non-profit co-founded by Al Gore reveals updated inventory of physical asset-level GHG data in connection with UN climate summit
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NewsLGPS Central reaffirms net zero commitments with strategy launch
The strategy outlines the rationale for its belief in creating a ‘realistic pathway for achieving net zero’
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NewsReport slams pension funds and advisers for false climate assumptions
Carbon Tracker report cites advice from Mercer and information given to members from LGPS Central; Mercer says report ‘presents an incomplete, and therefore misleading, summary of Mercer’s climate change analysis’
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NewsPeople moves: LGPS Central picks head of stewardship
Pacific Asset Management, LGPS Central, Aon, ZEDRA, IFM Investors, Fidelity International, DWS, LD Pensions, FTN, Schroders, VGV, aba, Allianz
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NewsSweden’s AP funds gather pension majors to coax tech giants on human rights
AP Funds’ Council on Ethics convenes institutional investor group including Railpen, APG, PGGM and USS for joint engagement with Alphabet, Meta and others
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NewsLGPS Central seeks active global equity manager
The new manager will be funded in mid 2023 with a total value up to £750m
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NewsLGPS Central seeks active emerging markets equity manager
The pool is looking for active managers that use a fundamental rather than quantitative approach
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LGPS Central sets up global sustainable fund worth £1bn
The pension schemes for Cheshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire will invest in the equities fund
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NewsUK roundup: DC market concentration continues
Number of occupational pension schemes has declined by nearly 40% in a decade, regulator’s figures show
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Investors co-sponsor standard to help reduce plastic pollution
Published by the UK national standards body, PAS 510 sets out requirements for handling and management of plastic pellets
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LGPS Central plans £1bn sustainable equities investment
The pool will set up three investment strategies – Broad, Thematic and Targeted –as sub-funds
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NewsLGPS Central starts search for targeted return managers
The tendering process is a three-stage process that will be fair, transparent and non-discriminatory
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Major UK pension funds ask prime minister for net-zero meeting
PRI and investors are paying more attention to ‘real economy policy’ in bid to help drive climate change mitigation
