LGPS pooling

Nick Buckland has been named as a senior investment consultant at JLT Employee Benefits, after leaving Dorset County Council.

The local government pension scheme (LGPS) pools have come under fire for not including member representation on governance boards to oversee the radical changes.

The delay in finalising major changes to the local government pension scheme's investment regulations is already causing problems for pooling, funds have warned.

The LGPS funds have sent their full proposals for pooling to the government. Stephanie Baxter looks at the final details of the eight pools.

Nine Midlands-based local government pension funds have submitted a business case to Government to create a multi asset investment pool called LGPS Central.

The Local Pensions Partnership (LPP) has created a £1.2bn property investment pool to increase exposure to UK commercial and residential property.

An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) has been created for the local government pension scheme (LGPS) to discuss pooling and increasing its investment in UK infrastructure.

Michael Ferguson has been made a senior consultant on Aon Hewitt's public sector team as the consultancy sees growing demand for governance advice.

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

Hertfordshire has joined ten local administering authorities to pool their pension assets through A Collaboration of Central, Eastern and Southern Shires (ACCESS).