Infrastructure

The secretary of state's powers to intervene in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) will only be used where justified, according to the local government minister.

With FCA authorisation under its belt the Pensions Infrastructure Platform wants to prove its sceptics wrong. Mike Weston also tells Stephanie Baxter about his proposition for the LGPS

Aviva Investors has appointed Florian de Chaisemartin as director of its London-based infrastructure debt team.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has achieved £125m of investor commitments in the first close of its multi-strategy infrastructure fund.

Discussions are progressing on creating a UK infrastructure investment platform to sit alongside the main LGPS pools.

The government is to launch a national infrastructure investment platform for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) through pooling.

Pension schemes must engage with the shift towards de-carbonisation by investing in environmentally friendly infrastructure according to a leading figure.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have jointly acquired a stake in a Scottish windfarm through their infrastructure vehicle.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has launched a multi-strategy fund with a target size of £1bn to allow schemes to invest directly in infrastructure.

Isabel Liu has been hired as a non-executive director to sit on the board of the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP).