Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Two years on from the launch of the LGPS pools, seven senior figures tell James Phillips all about the process and their plans.

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.

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.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its first fixed income product with a £2.5bn sterling investment-grade credit fund.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched two private market offerings with over £1bn of commitments from its partner Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has named its first three asset managers to oversee a circa £1.2bn UK equity portfolio.

Daniel Booth has been appointed as the first permanent chief investment officer (CIO) of the £46bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership.

The £43bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has become the third local government pool to sign up to the cost transparency code.

The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is up and running after transferring around £7bn of UK and overseas developed equities from three of its stakeholder pension funds.

The £43bn local government pool has hit a lot of milestones in recent months, but this is just the start of a long journey. Its chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Stephanie Baxter