LGPS Central

Following its April launch, the Midlands pool is well on the road to becoming a full-service asset manager. Andrew Warwick-Thompson speaks to Stephanie Baxter about the challenges of hiring and maintaining relationships

The LGPS Central pool has opened for business with 11 mandates spanning £12bn of assets as the government's pooling deadline arrives.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has hired David Fairs as executive director for regulatory policy, analysis and advice, following Andrew Warwick-Thompson's departure last year.

The local authority pool for nine central midlands funds has appointed Duncan Sandford, Mike Hardwick, Omar Ghafur and Michael Marshall as investment directors.

Andrew Warwick-Thompson says in Port Talbot we are witnessing the detrimental impact of extending Freedom and Choice to DB schemes

As the CMA gathers evidence for its investigation into investment consultants and fiduciary managers, Stephanie Baxter asks if there is a systemic problem in the industry

The central Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool has named John Burns as both its chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO).

Jason Fletcher has been appointed chief investment officer (CIO) of the £40bn pool for nine midlands-based Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.

LGPS Central has named John Nestor and Eithne McManus as non-executive directors as it appoints its team ahead of the April 2018 deadline.

Andrew Warwick-Thompson will step down as executive director for regulatory policy at The Pensions Regulator to join the £40bn LGPS Central as chief executive.